Intelligent. Visual. Analysis.
Bringing Maths to a new Level.
Welcome to the official site of I.V.A. Mathology- Singapore.
Most people out there will tell you that practising is the most effective way to improve in Maths, but I'm here to tell you that there's an alternative to just practising.
An important factor which we all overlooked in problem solving is UNDERSTANDING. Total comprehension of the problems and skills is the one thing that can allow improvements in Maths other than practising. Most of us would think that a student MUST understand the questions before they can answer them. But that's not the case.
What most of the students are doing is applying the skills which they are taught to use but not understand. The situation when they solve problems is - 'the teacher has taught me that I should use this method to solve this kind of questions.'
However, students still have difficulties during exams because the teachers do not set questions which uses only ONE method. Most of the questions set requires students to be flexible and manipulate more than one method at a time.
Model drawings, tidy and neat handwriting, systematic problem solving steps, these are all taught in school. I.V.A. is designed to let them understand the purpose in drawing models and how to extract more information than what they can see. The systematic steps in problem solving is the most important often practised but not understood. I.V.A. will help them understand that they can express all problems in numbers, + signs and - signs.
To us, the way to achieve the answer is NOT by practising but rather, understanding the questions as though the students are the ones setting it. Here's the little secret I'm going to share with you.
*I.V.A. is developed to teach you child, our student, to develop their own methods to find solutions to problems. Thus, applying the use of I.V.A. techniques to Life.*
Give your child a chance to unravel the mysteries why Maths is Maths, what can Maths be used for and what can it do other than being problems.
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Loving Maths is one thing, getting it over and done with is another. You must be wondering how to get a kid who hates Maths to even want do it. We're here to help.
A new scheme will be pushed out to those whose kids hate Maths to the core. They refuse to do it, rather fail than do it, willing to give up play time to avoid it. You might be wondering if children like that do exist and I tell you, go ask your child is he/ she is doing fine with Maths.
Tuition is not about going there to do work, and find out what you do not understand. Tuition is the place where you clear what you do not understand. And practising AT the tuition centre will not help. We are here to show you shortcuts, quick steps, simple methods to solve it.
Students who have difficulty in Maths are those who have problem understanding the methods and steps. More importantly, why did the teacher do that.
We are here to help those having difficulty in doing Maths.
Not afraid to let you know, the mindset in teaching under the new scheme is 'Get over and done with'. Not to worry, this scheme is only in the trial and will NEVER be pushed out across all classes. We understand that there are still people who loved Maths.
A special class will be opened for those students whom you think your child is. Just this scheme, we're confident to make your child understand why they CANNOT hate Maths. And maybe, they might just begin to love Maths.