Programme in action
“The tutors found out that, if a student has not got their head around a previous math problem, they cannot understand the higher levels of math understanding.
The tutors started to identify and intervene when they could see a person is ‘struggling’ instead of just saying out loud to the student, ‘Didn’t you learn this at school?’ or ‘He can’t do these units because he didn’t learn percentages at school,’ which sort of puts an end to catching up on learning for the student when most of our students are second-chance learners.
Now, the situation is, ‘Hey, we can give you a hand with your maths’. 50% percent of New Zealanders don’t understand this problem – we will help you understand how to do this.”