Category: Professional Advice

As a result of the fast-paced world in which we live today, more and more children are becoming victims of stress and anxiety.

BUT, as I saw my grandchildren grow to love learning and develop into carefree, loving, confident, independent, emotionally stable, happy and well balanced young boys, my perceptions changed radically!

In recent years; however, more holistic and modern views around the topic of intelligence, have emerged which are no longer only linked to quantitative measures. Thank goodness!!

No matter what’s on the student’s plate, the nitty gritty of it is this; math facts must be memorised and the learner must be able to recall these facts automatically for math success.

Psychologist Professor Carol Dweck coined the term ‘growth mindset’ when she researched how people’s underlying beliefs about themselves and their abilities can affect their lives.