WhatsApp + maths tutors = a solution for poor learners
- Daily Maverick
An innovative maths WhatsApp hotline threw high school teens an educational lifeline during 2020.
When the Covid-19 pandemic ensured that old ways of reaching learners wouldn’t work any more. The hotline is still playing a crucial role in 2021.
In this article by Kim Maxwell, first published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper, Dr Lynn Bowie, visiting research associate, shares how the OLICO/Two Minute Tango app developed at Wits University is helping young maths learners to build confidence and competence in Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. READ THE FULL ARTICLE.
This article also appeared on Daily Maverick.
