{"id":347,"date":"2006-07-29T12:52:31","date_gmt":"2006-07-29T12:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/?p=347"},"modified":"2006-11-01T23:35:33","modified_gmt":"2006-11-01T23:35:33","slug":"the-bbcs-take-on-heymath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/learn-math\/the-bbcs-take-on-heymath-347","title":{"rendered":"The BBC’s take on Heymath"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 25th July I had a surge of visitors to my posts on Heymath (Friedman & HeyMath - but how do you get in?<\/a> and Heymath Update - I'm in<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I was intrigued why there was a surge and now I know. On the 24th July, BBC ran an article How maths can be great fun<\/a> by Soutik Biswas in Madras, describing Heymath and its growing success. <\/p>\n

The article quotes some students giving glowing reviews:<\/p>\n

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Today, Ramnandan, a student of Padma Seshadri School in the southern Indian city of Madras (Chennai), is a champion number cruncher and in love with maths.
\n\"The lessons are practical and logical. I don't lose concentration. I remember concepts more clearly,\" he says. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And from Singapore, where many schools have adopted Heymath, Deborah Chan of Methodist Girls School says:<\/p>\n

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The step-by-step working shown in the lessons has helped me in the understanding of the various topics<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And another:<\/p>\n

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Sumedha Biswas says the animation is 'awesome'<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Heymath is growing:<\/p>\n

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Today, the company sends out its lessons to more than 60 schools all over the world. The company charges each student about $100 a year for its lessons. In India, it offers schools its lessons at 600 rupees ($13) a year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On the background to Heymath, the article says:<\/p>\n

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The effort was to retain traditional knowledge and pedagogy in teaching and save teachers time with tailor-made lessons. <\/p>\n

For students, the challenge was to make maths relevant to real life experiences and teach the subject differently using multi-media and interactivity.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But it is this last bit that I could not find when I had a look around Heymath. I looked hard to find any \"real life experiences\" and all I came across was basically pure algebra.<\/p>\n

So do any of you use Heymath? Do you like it? Does it relate to your real life?<\/p>\n

I am happy to be proved wrong about Heymath - good luck to them if they manage to make mathematics interesting and fun.<\/p>\n

Be the first to comment<\/a> below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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