A Message From Our Founder & CE0
We make sure that our students learn the WHY behind the different strategies they use to solve problems.
Raj Valli
Founder & CEO, Thinkster Math
Non-linearly, Creatively, and Analytically
Math is a lot more than just computational skills. Thinkster’s math curriculum develops your child’s ability to think non-linearly, creatively, and analytically with data. Being able to sort through the relevant information and solve problems is the true mark of mastery.
Math is a lot more than just computational skills. Thinkster’s math curriculum By solving hundreds of problems in each topic, using customized math worksheets, your child acquires fundamental skills: fluency in math facts, accuracy, efficiency and flexibility with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
5 + 3 = ____
8 - 5 = ____
6 X 4 = ____
9 ÷ 3 = ____
The twin pillars that support substantial learning are critical thinking and logical / analytical reasoning: the art of asking questions to understand context and constraints; the ability to deduce solutions given a set of criteria.
Critical Thinking & Analytical and Logical Reasoning
How many fruits are in a basket that has 3 apples, 5 oranges, and 2 carrots?
Real life word problems are a part of every skill set in our curriculum. We design these problems to include conceptually unrelated numbers (or distractors). Demonstrating what operations to use to solve problems, in the presence of distractors, is critical for gaining proficiency in a topic.
Aligned to School Work
With your input, our math tutors can easily customize your child’s study plan, and their math worksheets, to reflect and reinforce what they’re learning in school. Along with this customization, we build test-taking skills through frequent evaluations.
We conduct periodic reviews to accelerate learning. It is not how much you have learned, but how quickly can you learn. It is about capacity maximization and steep learning curves!
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Thinkster students frequently take small and large tests
Thinkster Topic Tests are similar to a school unit test
Thinkster Unit Tests are comparable to a school cumulative end of year test
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Testing frequently helps students
Develop strong test taking skills
Feel confident taking tests
Remember material over a long period of time
We are aligned to the idea that a strong foundation in math is critical for every child.
We focus on having our students develop expertise on whole numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and decimals—which helps our students in K-5 become ready for more demanding math concepts and procedures, and develop the capability to apply their learnings to real life situations.
We then move our students through more complex topics in Algebra and Geometry in middle school to enrich and develop confidence, excellence, and preparedness for high school math.
Aligned to School Curriculum and Based on Singapore Math
Diana weighs 25 lbs more than she did last year. If she weighed 147 lbs last year, how much does she weigh now?
Part-Whole Strategy
Break-Up Strategy
Traditional Algorithm
