We’re now fully in exam season. I hope your revision is going well. In this blog, I will explain 5 of the most common mistakes I’ve seen in foundation tier GCSE maths. I will explain why people get it wrong so often, how you avoid this and what the correct… Continue reading 5 common mistakes in foundation GCSE maths – don’t make these!
Today’s blog is another review of a times tables app. I’ve already reviewed Math Ninja, which ended with an overall rating of 7/10. Today’s app is 10 Minutes A Day – let’s see how it compares to Math Ninja… 10 Minutes A Day Review Cost: FreeThe game is a racing… Continue reading Times Table App Review – 10 Minutes A Day
In previous blogs, we’ve looked at some interesting integer sequences. We started with the Fibonacci sequence, then the “Look-and-say” sequence and most recently Golomb’s sequence. Today, it’s Van Eck’s sequence.The sequence was first published to the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS) in 2010 by a hobby mathematician called Jan… Continue reading Van Eck’s Sequence
At Metatutor, we only offer face-to-face tutoring. Even during the pandemic, when the choice was between offering online tutoring or nothing at all, I chose the latter. I of course had to consider online tutoring when the lockdowns were introduced, but having trialled it I determined it was not a… Continue reading 5 reasons why online tutoring doesn’t work for maths
For the first time since 2019, GCSE and A-Level students sat their exams in 2022. However, due to the disruption to education caused by the pandemic, advance information was given to students giving them a heads-up as to what topics will and won’t come up in the exams. Despite this,… Continue reading GCSE and A-Level Results 2022
