Playtimes HK Magazine Winter Issue 2018/2019 | Page 57

education
• Alpha Academy
Alpha Academy aims to provide general
improvement in specific subjects,
and to work with students to achieve
their goals. Tutors offer academic
support in all subject areas, providing
classes at a student’s own pace to
increase their knowledge and skills
and to construct greater confidence.
Instructors will assess a student’s
strengths and needs, in keeping with
parents’ expressed objectives, and
provide for an appropriate course of
study. Materials will be provided which
best serve the character and needs
of the student. Alpha Academy is also
well-informed about curriculum studied
by local schools, as well as international
schools. www.alphaacademy.edu.hk
• Mathnasium
Mathnasium’s main goal is to make
maths make sense by teaching it
in a way that makes sense to the
individual child. Mathnasium uses
their own teaching method called The
Mathnasium Method™, to deliver a
customised learning plan designed
to address each student's needs.
The teaching approach goes beyond
traditional maths tutoring to develop a
better understanding and build a love
for maths. www.mathnasium.com
• Mentorhood Maths
Students are provided with different
visual ways of looking at maths with
a block model approach. This block
model approach involves the concrete
stage, pictorial stage and abstract
stage to enable children to learn maths
meaningfully. This approach encourages
an advanced thinking process,
communication of maths ideas and
problem solving. This programme aims
to broaden students’ minds and nurture
them to be creative problem solvers.
www.mentorhood.com.hk
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