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Dave E
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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? >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 tactile resources and sheets which were engaging and well made.
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 watching the video on compount interest and the incredible difference due to the compound interest for Ana even though they put the same amount in. That do light up students eyes.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? They have increased and become more informed. Especially as we link to other resources and settings
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 been excellent to support our teaching of financial capability in Year 9 and 10. We use it along with other resources like Banqer to help engage students in practical real world scenarios.”
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Posted 8 months ago
Elizabeth H
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 decision making sheet and debt and investment cards
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? Most of our students had no idea about any of this (not part of many of their worlds). This kit opens their minds to possibilities and they were talking about when they own a home, have mortgages etc...
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? From zero conversations/input/understanding to rich conversations and sharing of ideas and suggestions
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
“Ordered this kit along with 'Part of Something Bigger' which was 'bigger' and better than I expected so did not use the 'Dear 13 Year Old Me' kit until last term. This kit was also a great kit. so important that students have some idea of all these concepts before they need them.”
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Posted 8 months ago
Anna C
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? The letter template
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 letters were initially met with high engagement - put this was quickly dampened down by the level and quantity of text.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? We celebrated not doing certain aspects as they were too challenging and changing to other activities.
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 ideas in the kit are great. However the amount of reading made the work unachievable for a large proportion of our learners.”
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Posted 8 months ago
Jaki 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? Having a character with multiple resources related to them was very beneficial to base learning 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? As student wanted to know how much he could save and by directing him to the sorted calculator we had used he was able to use the sorted calculator on savings to work out their own savings over different time frames, this included looking up interest rates at a bank.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? n/a
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 enabled students to develop their understanding of savings, debt and Kiwisaver in a scenario that they were able to relate to and could develop an understanding of the life story for the character.”
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Posted 8 months ago
Tina R
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? 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 months ago
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