Case Studies

Students from Park House School in Newbury love using MyWorks. Here is a selection of their comments:

“MyWorks is really interactive and a very fun way to learn. Homework is not boring anymore!”

“Better and easier than most learning websites.”

“A new fun way to learn maths!”

"A very good website, easy to navigate... A much easier way to complete homework."

"If I get an answer wrong the program shows me what I have done incorrectly and how to correct it."

"Really quick and easy. A great way to revise, keeps the brain working and quick and easy to use."

"At the end of a quiz, instead of being dull and boring it's really colourful and it makes you happy with what score you got. The quizzes were really entertaining."

Head of Maths, Dr Challoner's High School

Phil Smith is Head of Maths at Dr Challoner's High School in Amersham. With 30 years of teaching experience under his belt, Phil is a passionate advocate of using ICT to deepen and extend students’ understanding of maths.

Phil likes the fact that MyWorks quizzes aren’t timed as this enables students to work at their own pace, correcting their own work and receiving feedback. And students are really engaged with the variety of the material: “It’s got good visuals, good graphics, and that keeps their attention and engages them.”

But what really impresses Phil is that MyWorks empowers students to take responsibility for their own learning: “In terms of self-assessment, and pupils assessing their own progress, the quizzes give them all the necessary feedback and they can build up their own portfolios … It builds in personal responsibility – that’s a key thing about the product.”

E-Learning Coordinator and Maths teacher, Balcarras School

Russell Bowen is E-Learning Coordinator at Balcarras School in Cheltenham. He recommends MyWorks, saying:

“Having MyWorks on a computer engages students from the start because they enjoy using the quizzes more than textbooks. The product suits them and they can work at their own pace.

The recap and study slides make the quizzes more than just summative and move them towards being formative through their responses to the students – they’re more than just tests, they’re actually responsive, which is very valuable in helping students to really understand a topic.”