With some subjects, reading your notes and making mind maps and more notes about the content works well. Maths isn’t like that. Read on for some tips on effective ways to revise GCSE Maths. Tip 1: The best way to revise GCSE Maths is to DO lots of Maths To get good at Maths, you…
You’re in Year 11 and your GCSE Maths is all going swimmingly – a few bits of it are tricky, but mostly it’s fine. You should easily get a Grade 6, hopefully a 7 or maybe even an 8, then of course you’ll be able to carry on into the sixth form and do a…
Are you someone who always struggled with maths at school, and has tried to avoid it ever since… but now you find that you really need to become a mature student, or adult learner, and get a Maths qualification to progress in your career? Where to go to get a Maths qualification For most people,…
After many hours of work, I’m proud and delighted to introduce my new sister site, mathscourses.co.uk. As the name suggests, its purpose is to host a range of maths courses. Exciting? Well, maybe not for everyone, but it is for me! It’s been a steep learning curve since my website building skills are elementary at…
You might be a little unclear on which calculators are appropriate for which exams. The short answer is that if a calculator is permitted in an exam – at least in England – then ANY calculator is fine*, as long as it’s not one that you can program text into. However, different calculators have different…
Ever wondered if it’s possible to make a DIY visualiser (document camera) out of kit that you already have at home? It’s actually pretty simple; there’s really no need to spend £50+ on a Hue or similar camera if it’s only going to be for occasional use. What does a DIY visualiser do? If you’re…
There are a huge number of software options for delivering online tuition but I use Zoom and, in my 1-to-1 online tuition, BitPaper. I favour Zoom over Google Meet, Skype and the rest because it’s the only one I know of that allows annotation of a shared screen (by both tutor and student) and allows…
Basic skills check When I take on a new 1-to-1 tutee for GCSE Maths, the first thing I ask them to do is a basic skills check. They shouldn’t view this as a test; they can look things up and take their time, doing it over two or three short sessions if they choose. The…
The Internet is awash with GCSE Maths resources, many of them free. Read on for key information about the course, the exam and how it’s graded, and a selection of GCSE Maths resources that will help you to get a great result. Course basics The 9-1 GCSE in Maths takes the form of three 2-hour…
Remind me again, what’s BIDMAS? If you grew up in the UK then it’s likely that you’ve been taught BIDMAS or BODMAS to help you remember the order of operations – what order you should do things in – in Maths. In other parts of the world, it’s BEDMAS or PEMDAS. (In PEMDAS, P =…
