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Featured · GCSE / IGCSE

The five GCSE Maths topics most likely to lose you the grade, and how to fix them in two weeks.

The marks that decide grades are lost mid-paper, on five recurring topics, for three diagnosable reasons. Includes an interactive self-diagnostic, five knowledge checks and the fourteen-day remediation plan I run with new students.

12 min read · Interactive · Published April 2026
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Every article is written for a specific reader.
For parents

Make confident decisions about your child's maths

Homework scripts that defuse the nightly battle, and a full guide to what your child should be learning each year.

→ The homework guide → The Australian curriculum, explained
For students

Train smarter for the exam in front of you

Diagnosis-first guides to GCSE, SAT, IB and A-Level — plus the study protocol generic advice never gives you.

→ The five GCSE grade-killers → The pomodoro trap
For teachers & tutors

Sharpen the craft of teaching mathematics

Misconception analysis, curriculum mapping and learning-science notes run through every article — these two lead with them.

→ Curriculum intelligence: AC v9 / NSW / VIC → Supervising the IB exploration

The library

8 articles · all interactive
GCSE / IGCSE

The five GCSE Maths topics most likely to lose you the grade

The grade-killers examiners see every year, an interactive diagnostic, and the two-week remediation plan that targets causes, not symptoms.

12 min · Interactive · Apr 2026
Curriculum Guides

The Australian maths curriculum, explained for parents

Six strands, every year level Foundation–10 in an interactive explorer, and the honest AC v9 / NSW / Victoria comparison.

14 min · Interactive · Jun 2026
GCSE / IGCSE

From Grade 5 to Grade 8 in one academic year: a realistic roadmap

The jump is three separate gaps — content, fluency, problem-solving — closed in order, term by term. With a starting-point audit.

11 min · Interactive · May 2026
SAT Math

Digital SAT Math: why your score plateaus at 700, and what fixes it

Above 700 the SAT becomes an error-management test. The eight archetypes, the Desmos decision rule, and a six-week break-out plan.

10 min · Interactive · Mar 2026
IB Mathematics

How to choose an IB Maths IA topic that actually scores in Band 7

Half the marks are decided on topic-selection day. The five-question filter, the criteria A–E decoded, and twelve seeds that pass.

8 min · Interactive · Feb 2026
A-Level / AP

A-Level Maths: the four habits that turn an A into an A*

The gap is behavioural, not mathematical: solution-writing discipline, error logs, interleaved papers, examiner reports. With a habit audit.

8 min · Interactive · May 2026
Parent Guides

How to support your child with maths homework, without making it worse

Six dos, three stops, word-for-word scripts, and the research on how maths anxiety transmits at the kitchen table. With a scenario quiz.

7 min · Interactive · Feb 2026
Study Skills

The pomodoro technique is a trap for maths students. Try this instead.

Why 25-minute slices truncate exactly the thinking maths requires — and the depth-first protocol to run instead, with a two-week self-experiment.

6 min · Interactive · Apr 2026
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Teachers & Tutors

The misconception files: fraction division

A teacher-facing series dissecting the most persistent misconceptions in school mathematics — where each comes from, and the representations that fix it.

In the editorial pipeline, with the IGCSE 0580 guide and the NSW Stage 5 pathways explainer.
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