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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? 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 4 days ago
Simon 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? 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? Playing the game
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? Watching the light go on when they understood the cost of compound interest
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Seem more 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
“I really enjoyed the unit overall and applaud the focus of the unit. There is an aspect that may need a little polishing. The logic puzzle on the 4 brothers is a hard concept to grasp and the video explaining these puzzles used some language that was hard to understand for some students”
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Posted 4 days 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? I found the teacher resources helpful to up skill myself on what I needed 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? The moment when calculations click!
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Student have a better vocabulary of financial literacy. They are able to ask more specific questions and discuss how this could impact their future selves.
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 a great kit with throughtful and educational resoureces. Lots of real life learning that the students enjoyed and that they will be able to use in the future.”
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Posted 5 days ago
Emma P
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 templates, as they were easy to use
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? Realising that compound interest is just adds up
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? They were talking about it by the end.
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 enjoyed the learning in the kit. The best part for them was writing their own letter to their future selves about what money habits they had learnt.”
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Posted 5 days ago
Michele 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? 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 sorted savings tool was really great and supplemented the other parts of my unit that weren't from the school kit as well. I did like the letters and how rich they were with information - I just needed some more scaffolding for how to make best use of this. Maybe some worksheets or questions for students to go through and help them use the tools. "If the farm worker puts $60 a week away at 10% interest, how much will he have in 30 years? How much of this is interest? What is the interest earned in the 28th year?" That kind of thing??
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? Definitely a lot of "wows" when looking at the Sorted savings calculator and putting a portion of their own wages into it every week to see what they end up with in 30 years.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? The students are more interested in compound interest and are obviously thinking about what they should be doing with their money now in order to have more when they grow older.
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 only used some of the resources because of the time pressure at the end of term. The tools were great - particularly the Sorted Savings Calculator, and the students loved getting their letters from the future. I liked the idea of the logic puzzle but myself and another teacher didn't manage to do it and the students didn't manage to finish it either. It would be great if there was a teacher answer sheet that showed a step by step or if there was more scaffolding - perhaps more clues to read to students if they are struggling. For me, I think a lot of this is material that I'm not very fluent with myself and it needs more prior knowledge than I have. More scaffolding would help here.”
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Posted 5 days ago
Jo 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? 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 great because the students found they could relate to 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 were amazed at how much money they could make if they put their money into the bank without doing anything.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? The financial literacy and language was being used a lot more when talking in class.
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 enjoyed teaching this unit to my math students. They are a small group of boys who really enjoyed the practical activities of this kit. It was great that all of the language is current and relevant terms that all of the students knew about.”
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Posted 5 days ago
Raewyn 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 direct sorted quizes and calculators. The letters sparked engagement
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 farm owning students and immigrant students thought they would be socialist spenders but their life experiences had made them realist.
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? Understanding wants and needs, the time to pay something off vs the hours you need to work. Is it worth it? Will it last as long as the payments will?
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 supplies everything I wish I had been told at 13 years old. The engaging and relateable activities were able to cater for the range of life situations within my class. We had some really surprising discussions that were meaningful and honest. I recommend this to any year 9 or 10 maths or social studies teacher.”
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Posted 5 days ago
Rachel 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? 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? Sorted website
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? Loved the "ahhh" moments - these were varied!
How have conversations in your classroom changed over the course of teaching this kit? To a degree.
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 offered a range of interesting opportunties for students to learn about themselves, their future and how the decision that they make can have long term effects.”
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Posted 5 days ago
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