THE BACKGROUND
A few months ago, a young student came into our tuition service telling us how she hated maths. It made her feel sad because she ‘just didn’t understand.’ This was affecting her engagement and confidence in school – she wasn’t getting the most out of her learning.
During the last term of online learning the school tracked her progress based on study skills: engagement in learning and completion and standard of work. School then awards them a number 1-4. 1 being exemplary, 2 good, 3 requires improvement and 4 being unsatisfactory. So we needed to boost confidence and engagement during online learning to meet the criteria and find fun in learning.