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GCSE Maths Results 2015

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The feedback from my students is coming in and it looks very promising. Every student that has got back to me have told me they have passed their GCSE maths this year. Congratulations to all of those students. It looks like another clean sweep for my revision program.

If you used my revision system in your school this year, please let me know how your students did by commenting below or sending an email to jeevan@gcsemathsforschools.co.uk.

If you haven’t tested my revision strategy in your school yet, I’d advise that you get a review copy from here. The program was recently revamped to meet the new specification released in September 2015.

Use my proven revision strategy in your school and experience a boost in your GCSE maths pass rate in the very near future.

Teacher’s Attitudes Must Change

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Teacher’s attitudes must change if we want to boost GCSE results in UK schools. Here’s why…

I watched an interesting program last night on BBC Two. It was called ‘Are Our Kids Tough Enough?’ and it was an experiment to see if China’s rigorous teaching methods would drive up standards in a UK school.

Five Chinese teachers took over at Bohunt School in Liphook, Hampshire for four weeks. They taught a class of 50 year 9 students. The school day started at 7:00 am and lasted for 12 hours, with two meal breaks in between. A lot of emphasis was placed on note-taking and repetition during lessons.

What struck me first was the size of the classroom. The class size in China is 50 students – almost 30 more than a traditional UK school. This immediately throws the ‘large class size leads to lower results’ myth out of the window.

The next thing that struck me was the headteacher’s (Neil Strowger) views. He felt the Chinese way of teaching was flawed and it didn’t ‘enthuse’ pupils. I agree with Mr Strowger’s view to some degree. Copying notes and repetition is not the best way to learn a subject but they are key ingredients for exam success. A large part of an exam is down to memory retention and there is no better way to boost memory retention than repetition. If students don’t develop these habits early on, revision (and results) will decline.

I don’t think it’s wise for teachers to stress the need for engagement in lessons. What happens is students gravitate towards this belief. They feel that lessons have to be fun and enjoyable. If not, then they don’t have to pay attention. At the end of the day, revision and passing exams are far from fun and students have to put in the ‘nitty gritty’ to get top grades. I feel UK schools need a fine balance between subject matter and exam technique to get the best of both worlds.

The Motivation Of The Student

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I’ve already discussed how students need the right revision program at home for your school to achieve a GCSE maths pass rate of 90% (or above). As part of that, students need to be motivated in order to stick to their revision program at home.

Students dread the term ‘revision’. To them, ‘revision’ means locking themselves in a room and reading through a large textbook for hours on end. In reality, however, revision does not need to be that painful. If we can educate our students and show them how it’s possible to achieve top grades in their exams without having to sacrifice the things they enjoy, then we are really onto a winner.

This is what my revision program is all about. I show students how it’s possible to score a top grade in their GCSE maths without having to revise around the clock. I did this myself so there is no reason why other students can’t do the same. In the program, I provide a small, yet powerful rule of thumb which allows students to spend up to 50% of their time doing things they enjoy. This is what a couple of students had to say about my rule of thumb:

“Jeevan provides a small rule of thumb which allows you to free up 50% of your time. It’s so simple yet so effective. When I put it into practise, it allowed me to free up half of my time! At the end of the day, revision is not all about work, work, work!”

– Ivan Morrow, Larne, Co. Antrim (A grade student)

“Jeevan explains that a student does not have to work around-the-clock to achieve top grades. As long as they follow his revision strategy, they could still have fun. And he is totally correct; my first maths paper was on the 9th June 2014 and 2 days before, I decided to take a trip to Thorpe Park! 😀”

Diya Sharma Thorpe Park

– Diya Sharma, West London (A grade student)

For more information about my unique revision program, please visit the home page: www.gcsemathsforschools.co.uk.

The Art of Teaching Without Teaching

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The ‘art of teaching without teaching’ is an adaptation of Bruce Lee’s (a martial art’s instructor, philosopher and movie star) fighting style, Jeet Kune do, which is based around ‘the art of fighting without fighting’. What he meant by this is there is no set fighting style. Each fighter develops their own fighting style in the heat of the battle. I am a follower of Bruce Lee’s teachings not because I used to do Tae Kwon Do myself, but the same ideology can be applied to teaching as well…

By doing as little as possible, the child learns more and gets better results in the long run. The reason being is the child goes ‘through the struggle’ themself. Maths is a subject which requires critical thinking and the only way a student can develop this is when they struggle with their work. Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying there is no place for teachers. Teachers are very important but when they are teaching students, they should give them as little help as possible and build upwards from there.

This is the approach I take when I tutor students in my local area. I provide them with a problem and give them some time to think about it. I ask them to give me their thoughts. If they’re going wrong, I provide them with a hint to get them on the right lines. If they go off-track, I provide them with another hint. Then another, until they eventually solve the problem. It is during this process where the student develops their critical thinking.

At present, I feel teachers are giving away too much to their students. They are not allowing them to ‘think’ for themselves. There is a danger in doing this because the student becomes too reliant on the teacher. Whenever they come across a small problem, they automatically turn to their teachers for assistance without spending a few minutes trying to solve the problem on their own. As I said before, students need to develop critical thinking if they want to excel in maths at school.

Finland is a country which believe in the ‘art of teaching without teaching’ philosophy. Teachers in Finland spend only 4 hours in the classroom and they rarely give homework or exams to their students, yet they have one of the best education systems in Europe. I feel schools in England should follow suit. Not only will their results improve dramatically but teacher’s will have a less stressful lifestyle.

My GCSE maths revision program is all about ‘the art of teaching without teaching’ because I provide a student with the blueprint to achieve the best possible grade in their GCSE maths exam. They simply have to follow it. The majority of the work is carried out by the student and it’s during this program, where student’s go ‘through the struggle’ and learn the key ingredients for exam success.

So far, it’s had a 100% success rate. Every student that has followed my revision system, has boosted their grade considerably in maths. I highly recommend that you use it in your school. If you would like to use it in your school, please visit the home page: www.gcsemathsforschools.co.uk.

A Proven GCSE Maths Revision System For Schools

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These days, schools are inundated with offers for revision tools that will boost their kid’s GCSE maths results; resources such as online video tutorials and mobile phone applications. Sure, these resources are more interactive and engaging for the child, but in most cases, they fail to deliver the end result. I guess it’s just a cover up of the simple fact that the best results are achieved through the traditional use of a pen and paper…

My GCSE maths revision program consists of a number of guides which show students, in a step by step manner, how to achieve the best possible grade in GCSE maths. This is what student’s need whilst they revise at home – a proven revision strategy to go by. The simple reason why thousands of students underachieve in their GCSE maths every year is because they have no idea how to revise effectively. They tend to revise on autopilot – reading a few pages of a revision guide and attempting an exam question or two. In this scenario, they are bound to underachieve!

Since it’s launch in January 2013, my revision program has boosted the grades of hundreds of students up and down the country. My best student to date is without a doubt Ambereen from Sheffield. She purchased my revision system around a month and a half ago and here is what she had to say about it so far:

“I’ve been struggling with maths for the past 2 years now. In the first mock paper I took, I got a ‘U’ grade. At this point, I felt hopeless. How was I ever going to pass my maths?! I did a Google search and came across your stuff on Youtube. I was in a desperate situation so I had no choice but to purchase your material…

Your resources are amazing. They have really helped me out. I am much more confident with my maths and I am able to answer past paper questions within the time limit. I recently had a mock exam at school and I achieved a ‘D’ grade! A massive improvement since my last score. If I continue to make this progress, there is no doubt that I will achieve my pass grade in my final exam. Thanks for your amazing resources Jeevan. They are so much better than the other revision guides I wasted money on!”

It just goes to show that anyone (regardless of ability) can achieve a pass grade in GCSE maths, as long as they have the right revision program. Not these gimmicks which aren’t going to deliver the best results in the long run. If you haven’t done so already, I would highly recommend that you get a review copy of my system. 30 schools in the UK have already purchased theirs. I think it’s time you did the same. You can get one from the home page: www.gcsemathsforschools.co.uk. I’m sure if every child followed this program, your school would achieve a gcse maths pass rate of 90% – 100% in the very near future.