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Jessica V
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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? 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 loan repayments/bills notices
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 shocked faces when they saw the debt repayments based on a loan and how it doesn't just go away.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? unsure
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
“My students really enjoyed the hands-on nature of reading the loan repayments and costs of these credit schemes. The letter also gave some personality, so it wasn't just numbers and a name on the page.”
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Josie G
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? I found the posters helpful in reminding students what we were learning. My class are quite visual.
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 enjoy the games sections.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? My students are used to engaging in dialogue and practice using specific vocabulary, this kit supported that.
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
“Beautiful resources, I found it difficult to find clear instructions on how to use the resources and feel it would be beneficial to include these in the box.”
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Meriane 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? 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 were good and the students enjoyed using 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 students realise there money can grow without them doing anything.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Not much
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 provides a good variety of tasks that can be incorporated in a unit plan to help consolidate learning of compound interest. The tasks allow for differentiation of learning and flexibility of lessons. Teachers need to spend a reasonable amount of time getting to know the resources, how they work and then incorporate these into wider unit plan.”
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Posted 2 weeks 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? Compound interest calculations
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? Seeing a couple of students have an 'a ha' moment and the realisation that interest earns interest.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? It was evident that some students were engaging with the task due to the appropriate language they were using.
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 majority of students were engaged and enjoyed the self-directed nature of the tasks.”
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Laura T
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? Worksheets - easy to understand and clear in their expectations
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 liked the info and it was clearly set out well for them.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Kids have a more comprehensive understanding now - explained it in easier ways for the students.
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 was very helpful in our planning of our future Financial Literacy course for our Year 9s. Clear and easy to understand activities.”
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Rebecca 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? 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 website 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? The moment when a young boy realised what his mum was putting herself through so he could get a new mountain bike.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Yes - more open about 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
“This was an excellent kit to get the students thinking about how money works but also the unfairness of money for people in our society. The hands on nature of the kit allowed some students to gain a better understanding of how decisions impact you now and in the future.”
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Jessica G
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? Some nice videos from the sorted website on compound interest. Gave me some ideas of activities to do based loosely on the kit but I needed to make my own, much simpler tasks
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 were quite overwhelmed with the amount of information they were asked to process and deal with.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Unfortunately the lessons using this kit tended to revolve around problems with working out what to do rather than concepts of financial literacy.
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
“A nice concept but the actual calculations and level of problem solving expected from Year 9 & 10 students was way too high. This interfers with the message of understanding compound interest and how it can work in your favour (or not). When several adults couldn't work out what the correct answers were (including a high school maths teacher), it suggests that the entire exercise was too difficult for the year levels it was aimed at. We abandoned the kits part way through looking at the 6 different characters as students were becoming frustrated. Too many different tasks and parts to each task with way too much cognitive load for most students. Needs to be much simpler for the majority of students and spend a lot more time leading them through simplified examples. I also don't think the Sorted Debt calculator is working correctly as it was giving some very odd readings. As a teacher it would have been very useful to have a answer sheet for each person. When my student teacher who was leading this activity contacted School Kit for help, I understand that the help contact also struggled to work out what needed to be done and how they had gotten their answer.”
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Rebecca 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? 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 videos and premade forms. These helped you to give something to kids that was already of high quality. The teacher resource/help page on School Kit was invaluable and easy to get around.
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? Their understanding of debt and just how much those wants (usually a flash car) could potently cost them.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? More talking about their future jobs and what they what to buy vs how. HAs made a few take their education more seriously.
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 has everything you need for financial literacy in real life contexts. it helps the students to see how this will help them in 'real life'. This helps to ignite their want to learn about being financially literate. It provides everything a teacher needs and takes away all guess work.”
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Posted 2 weeks ago
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