New Online Seminar Brings Accelerated Maths Learning For Understanding Skills To Teachers

With fewer days left to final exam time 2020 which may be early 2021; opening and closing of schools; regulations to adhere to in schools; a mountain of work to get through and many learners behind on the curriculum, without significant intervention in the duplication and application of mathematics this year could result in devastating results for learners.

This is a crisis in the making, not only for those learners who will be back at school in August but for those remaining at home using digital platforms to attempt to keep up and gain control of what they need to know to pass.

The first port-of-call must be the teachers. Providing them with tools and methodologies to help their learner contingents is vital to their ability to ensure a decent pass rate this year.

The founders of the highly effective and use friendly My Maths Buddy mathematics dictionary have redeveloped their Successful Teacher Workshop into a full blown seminar, presented online, which provides maths teachers with effective tools and exact methodologies for the handling of misunderstanding and confusions in the educating and understanding of mathematics.

The previous Teacher Workshop delivered to over 3,500 maths teachers up to the end of March 2020, together with Learner Workshops delivered to approximately 26,000 learners across South Africa resulted in an average increase of 14% in maths results in under six months registered across over 20 schools audited.

The challenge was the conversion of the on-site workshops to digital presentation to match the challenges brought on by the current lockdown. The immediate priority recognized by the My Maths Buddy Team has been the provision of these tools and methodologies to maths teachers and to be able to deliver these solutions to them anywhere.

“We have delivered seven Effective Maths Teaching Seminars now with incredible success and very positive feedback,” said Paul Sondergaard, MD of Palanga Publishing, the publishers of My Maths Buddy and provider of these services, “The interest in this seminar and excitement around the tools and methods provided for accelerating maths learning has been palatable.”

Feedback from teachers has shown a rehabilitation of purpose as well as a recognition of the power of the training.

“I found the seminar to be informative. The three sides of the triangle really made sense and made me have a better view of the subject whole. That as an educator it is important to help learners understand the grammar before I attempt to impart the knowledge of solving the problems. All in all, I believe it was very necessary to have such a seminar, I trust that from Maths Buddy it will not be long before we hear from you again. Thank you so much for the good work you all are doing there. I am very grateful to the sponsor. God must continue to guide all of us in shaping the little minds/lives.” – Mrs. Twala, from Reagile Primary School

“The Maths buddy is an invaluable resource that will benefit teachers and learners alike. Thank you for the informative session. I have learnt the important role that the understanding of language and vocabulary plays in teaching Maths concepts.” – Shamiela Burns, from Arcadia Primary School

The My Maths Buddy Project Team is working directly with schools and teachers as well as corporates donating to the South African Mathematics Foundation to bring this service to previously disadvantaged schools across South Africa. Additionally, the company is linking up with other non-profit educational organizations to assist them by providing this service as part of their deliverables to their sponsors.

“We stand ready to help maths teachers help their learners,” Paul added, “We certainly don’t agree to a drop in results no matter the circumstances, and our intention is to provide the best we can to ensure teachers have the tools and ability to assist their learners pass 2020 well.”

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