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Tina R
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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? all of it was great
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 classroom discussions and questions of interest were great
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? students are interested and engaged
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 were colourful and engaging for my students - thank you”
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Posted 2 months ago
Jessie A
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 interactive activities and scenarios. It provided real life situations and made it relatable.
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? They enjoyed the scenarios and interactive activities. It was great hearing tell us they shared what they learnt with their parents.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? They understand key words and concepts around kiwi saver, compound interest and debt. They talk a little more about what they will do when they are working and how they will grow their money
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
“It was fun and engaging for the students. They enjoyed the interactive resources and scenarios. Some students struggled with the kiwisaver concept (contribution rates and different accounts) but most understood to concept of compound interest.”
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Posted 2 months 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? 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? Compound interest because it's maths
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? Some students who previously showed little interest in math became more actively engaged in learning.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? They started talking more about their future.
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
“It was quite challenging to complete the program effectively with the Year 9 math class due to time constraints. I needed to prepare them for the upcoming school tests for their reports, which left me with insufficient time to cover the material thoroughly.”
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Posted 2 months ago
Jason M
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? My year 10's struggled and found what we were asking overwhelming and complicated. They needed a more simplified introduction to these concepts.
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? .
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Most of my year 10's don't have any basics and are not forthcoming in contributing. The more intellectual did also found the report difficult. Might be better for year 11 student's and have a simplified version for year 10's?
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 was teaching year 10's and the class is called Financial Capability. It was too much to provide each group with a different character. Since I had never tried this before, it would have been a lot simplier if I just gave every group the same synario. The Calculations that were provided in the example didn't help the student's. They were not able to complete these tasks on their own. More scaffolding for each and every tool was necessary. Since these students were year 10, some of these tasks needed to be simplified.”
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Posted 2 months 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? 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 kiwisaver aspect of the different types and rates and the impact of compund interest on their savings
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 understood the impact of compund interest and starting early
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? the students where more confident with making decisions around kiwisaver and there future and where talking about it at home
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 students like working on the kiwisaver site but did not like the characters so much. They did learn a lot about the different types and rates of kiwisaver and how different decisions could effect the amount that they would get at retirement”
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Posted 2 months 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? The letters from the future and things that went with them were really cool and helped engage students in the learning.
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? There was a real curiousity when they first opened the letters.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? The scenarios gave us useful examples to explore.
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
“This kit looked really good when I first started using it, and the idea behind it was really good, but I found it didn't work that well for my students. The hook was great, they enjoyed reading the letters and exploring the characters, but the templates for them to fill in were a bit confusing. In the end we got all the key learning out of the kit but I think the templates could be reworked to make them easier to use. For example the students often found it confusing working out how the different life phases fit together, with the use of cumlative totals a bit counter intuitive.”
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Posted 2 months ago
Brenda O
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 calculators and the letters
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? As part of the assessment for the unit, students really loved using the calculators for their own saving goal
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Students are more away of compound interest and are more aware of how to save for a goal
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 as part of an Economics unit for Year 10’s. Parts of the kit that were useful were the calculators on sorted.org and the letters. The guide was confusing at times to follow and the logic puzzle was not a hit.”
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Posted 2 months ago
Joanna B
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? Just all the discussions about present and future decisions we had.
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 the students were so excited about how much their interest had grown. One girl went home after our kiwisaver discussion and got her parents to sign her up for it!
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? We really had a lot of fun playing on the sorted calculators and the students liked the idea of starting early to get more benefit.
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 really enjoyed how the students were able to do group work. I did find it would have been useful as a teacher to have a worked answer I could go through as it took a bit of working out what I needed the students to do. The students loved opening the envelopes and seeign what was inside especially. We found the logic puzzle so hard! I love doing these, but teaching a room of teens how to do it didn't work out well!”
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Posted 2 months ago
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