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Mark W
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Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? 30%-45%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? The letters from the future (The logic puzzle and other aspects were only used for extension)
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? "I will never take a loan to pay for a wedding" - Reece
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit?
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“I used this kit to supplement a new Year 9 Finanical Literacy course at our kura. Students were engaged with the letters from the future - in particular debating why the writer made certain made financial choices.”
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Posted 11 months ago
Melanie W
Verified Reviewer
Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? 30%-45%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? the links to why and how to teach
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? Students where amazed at how much interest is paid on a mortgage
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Kids are now thinking about starting kiwisaver as soon as possible. They are also looking at saving every week even if its only $5.00
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“Love the resource. The letters are great with lots of information to locate.”
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Posted 11 months ago
Chrissie S
Verified Reviewer
Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? >75%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? All of it. I also have a business background, in finance so I was able to dig deeper into particular topics.
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? Discussion about kiwisaver. Wanting to get a good job and buy a house.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? We look at interest rates, stock markets, talk about crypto currency
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“Students were excited to engage with this kit, as it was appropriate for them. They enjoyed learning about kiwisaver and mortgages.”
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Posted 1 year ago
Tarryn L
Verified Reviewer
Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? 60%-75%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? The detailed plan that you can follow along
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? The students loved how interactive it was
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Yes absolutely
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“What a great kit! The resources were fabulous and it was engaging for all students”
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Posted 1 year ago
Anonymous
Verified Reviewer
Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? <15%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? Relating the letter to choices people make and the fact that these changes have lasting effects over a lifetime.
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? No.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? We used it as an end of year activity after students had gone through our own financial literacy course to wrap it all up so no real changes. However, I thought it worked well to sum it all up.
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“The resources provided in the kit were great. The ideas behind it were great and we loved the concepts. However, the instructions provided were extremely confusing and hard to follow. The three sections made it even harder to understand. It took 2 well seasoned teachers over an hour just to read through the instructions and figure out what we were meant to be doing at each step. This is very disappointing given how great the resources are. For example, it was very confusing that the quintuplet exercise at the beginning had nothing to do with the rest of the activities as this was not signalled. We were trying to figure out how the first activities fit with the rest of them. It was a lot of reading in one go to start the letters (I didn't think it was too much but a lot of our students struggled - even working in groups of 3). If I were to do it again I would work through one letter with the students first to show them the types of key words they would be looking for and work the whole way through and then get them to go through their own letter. This would obviously double the amount of time that we would have to put aside for the activity but it would mean they got more out of the activity. Overall, I really appreciated the obvious thought that had gone into the kit and the fun way that it introduced so many concepts to students but I think that the way it is set up could be changed to make it much easier to follow for any teacher.”
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Posted 1 year ago
Rhiannon F
Verified Reviewer
Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? >75%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? The letters and physical resources
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? "What??! That makes a big difference when you start investing earlier"
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Students were engaged and discussions around financial decision making showed developing understanding
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“Easy to use and great instructions. Students into it!”
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Posted 1 year ago
Imogen F
Verified Reviewer
Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? 30%-45%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? the sorted calculators as the kids were able to see how it would change if they changed one aspect of the of the calculator and what that could mean for them.
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? When they opened the letters and got to see everything that was inside
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Students are more engaged. They have also been able to continue this work with relievers and explained what they are doing to them
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“Dear 13 Year Old Me was great!! the kids got really involved with each of the siblings lives.”
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Posted 1 year ago
Anonymous
Verified Reviewer
Understanding compound interest (what it is and how it works) is a big part of this kit. What percentage of your students demonstrated a clear understanding of the power of compound interest by the end of the learning? 45%-60%
How easy did your students find the Sorted Calculators to use?
Difficult
Easy enough
Very easy
Which part/s of the kit did you find the most useful in supporting you to teach financial literacy and why? Calculations as this is the area students struggle with the most.
How would you rate the change in your own understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt, prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
Can you share any standout moments or student reactions while using the kit? Found some of it hard to follow and required extra assistance than I thought they would. Not sure it was at their level at times. However only some activities were attempted so this may have contributed to this.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Not really, we have these conversations at all levels in the past.
How would you rate the change in your students understanding of compound interest, KiwiSaver and debt prior to engaging with this kit?
No change
Understand some more
Understand a lot more
How useful would you say the kit was at extending students overall financial literacy?
Completely useless
Somewhat useful
Extremely useful
“Thank you for providing the school kit. I appreciate the effort that has gone into developing this resource. While I found a couple of the items useful, overall, the kit didn’t fully align with what I was looking for to support my current program. At this stage, I’ve decided not to incorporate it into my plans. Additionally, I found the volume of emails regarding the kit to be a bit overwhelming. Streamlining communication might make it easier for to engage with the materials.”
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Posted 1 year ago
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