Listen Up! 8 Fascinating Podcasts to Spark a Love of Math in your Teen

I’ve calculated that I spend around 14 hours a week in my car, with school runs, and shipping my kids to after school activities. During these trips, we spend a lot of time chatting (If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?) and also a little time  staring at the traffic ... ...

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Why Kids Should Care About Math: 3 Unlikely Careers that Use Math Skills

This is a guest post by Susan Cumberland, owner of School is Easy Tutoring in Vancouver Not all careers require extensive math study, however, most careers do utilize basic math skills everyday. If your child doesn’t care about math and wonders why it is important for them to learn math at school or with a tutor, here ... ...

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8 Ways to Make Your Child’s High School Maths Revision Add Up

In the UK, the Easter holiday or Spring Break is the time when high school students get down to some serious last minute revision for their upcoming GCSE and A-Level exams, with some students even attending special revision camps over the holiday. This is a guest post by SJ, a freelance contributor. She outlines 8 tactics ... ...

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Another 10 Seriously Cool Jobs That Need Math!

A great way to help your child build a love of math is to point out some of the cool jobs and careers that need math. I’ve found that even though my daughter may not love math, she knows that the careers that she’s interested in would need a good level of math knowledge, which ... ...

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Dyscalculia – 4 Warning Signs

This is a guest post by Adrian Beckett, London-based maths tutor extraordinaire That title sounds scary. Well.. dyscalculia can be a bit scary. Just when you think you’ve remembered that 8 + 8 is 16, a few minutes later it becomes 14. Here are some tell tale signs that your child has dyscalculia. Finger counting If there ... ...

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Top Maths Insider Posts 2012 (and how may I help you in 2013)

Hope you’re having an amazing start to 2013! If helping your child develop a love of math is high on your list of things to get done this year, then I’d love to help you achieve this through my posts here on Maths Insider. What topics would you like to see covered in the year ... ...

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7 Unconventional Ways to Support Your Arithmetic Phobic Child

This is a guest post by Adrian Beckett, London-based maths tutor extraordinaire I’m Adrian Beckett.  I specialise in Maths tuition to primary age children; preparing children for exams and supporting children with special needs in particular Dyscalculia.  I also help find families a Maths tutor in the London (U.K) area In this blog post, I’ll ... ...

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4 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Get a Maths Tutor and a Bunch For Why You Should

This is a guest post by Adrian Beckett who runs a maths tutor service in London, UK  Tutoring isn’t always right for everyone.  School isn’t always right for everyone  Sometimes, tutoring can be more helpful than school  And occasionally, tuition is not helpful  Why then might you ask, am I a Maths tutor?  I’ll be ... ...

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10 Awesome University Degrees That Need Math

Hey Maths Insider readers! I am so excited to be guest posting for your today. My name is Ashley Johansen and I am a content writer for an online graduation supply company: Honors Graduation. As someone who used to dislike math, I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to tell you why math is ... ...

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Is College Still Worth It? (Yup, Especially If You Study Math)

Are the thousands of hours, pints of sweat and bucket loads of stress worth it, not to mention the bank breaking amount of dollars that students need to invest these days to earn a university degree? Well it certainly seems so according to the infographic by Degree Jungle below. A Bachelors Degree gives college graduates ... ...

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