Many students have maths difficulties, a challenge that can be pervasive and have lifelong consequences. If you ask a class full of students about their opinion of maths, there will be several students who shudder and tell you that they hate maths, it is too hard and they will never…
What is a growth mindset? A growth mindset is the belief that intelligence and abilities can be developed through hard work rather than intelligence is fixed from birth and cannot be changed. A lot of scientific evidence suggests that the difference between those who succeed and those who don't is…
Maths Anxiety - What are the signs? Does your child dread tests and exams? Are their results lower than you feel they should be? Do they go blank when they are asked to work something out in their head? If so, your child may have maths anxiety. Understanding the Prevalence…
Trying to find the ideal maths tutor for your child can seem overwhelming. In this article, Confidence 121 provides parents with a series of questions to ask themselves before they start the search for a tutor and some important questions to ask any tutor.
One really valuable way you can help your child with their maths is to help build their maths confidence. With the right mindset and attitude towards maths, your child will do really well in their maths. It will enable them to become better learners, be more resilient when faced with…
Apart from using chocolate to bribe your child to do some maths, actually there are many ways to use chocolate to help your child build maths confidence and, with most of them, your child won’t even realise (unless you tell them)! Shhh!The weather in Sydney at the moment is perfect…
Mindset is so important when your child is learning maths. If they think that something is going to be difficult, then it will be difficult. However, by slightly reframing the language, you can change this.
My top 3 ways to help your children with maths. 1. Play games and adapt the rules 2. Use money to practise maths 3. Create quizzes
When I was at school, I lacked confidence in one subject - Spanish - and fell further and further being. After learning for nearly 5 years, I could barely string a sentence together as I hadn't had sufficient practice. It wasn't until my parents found me a tutor, who allowed…