Hands up if you were playing the roles of parent and educator at home during the lockdown. Well, you likely have all 10 fingers (and 10 toes) up in the air.
Many parents wish to play a more active part in their children’s lives and this includes helping them with their education. Needless to say, this is highly encouraged.
The Waterford Research Institute finds that children whose parents are more engaged in their education tend to perform better academically, possess better social skills, and display greater self-confidence.
But how much help is too much? And how little, too little?
It’s normal for some parents to overlook the subjects that their children struggle with; others become “helicopter parents” who unintentionally make their children “repeat” school sessions at home, an unpleasant experience for most kids.
The perfect balance is to provide just the right amount of support.
Ideally, parents should spend time guiding their children in areas they are weak in, and encourage them in areas they excel in.
This leads to one important question: How do parents get this information and use it to their advantage?
EDUKATE: an international learning assessment tool
EDUKATE is an after-school online learning platform that addresses the many concerns parents have about their children’s education.
The online learning platform uses the Bloom’s Taxonomy assessment to determine a child’s learning strengths and weaknesses.
Originally published in 1956 by a team of cognitive psychologists at the University of Chicago, Bloom’s Taxonomy is used in education to understand the ways in which people acquire and develop new knowledge, skills and understanding.
Monthly review of your child’s performance
Each month, an online report card will be emailed directly to the parent, providing a breakdown of their child’s learning progress and a summary of the tests and assessments they completed in the month.
The child’s performance is assessed based on six learning areas:
- remembering
- understanding
- applying
- analysing
- creating
- evaluating
The student report also includes a breakdown of the child’s progress in individual topics within a particular subject.
With this report, a parent is able to identify the specific topics that the child needs the most help with, at a quick glance.
For example, Mary receives her son’s online report card, which shows he excels in English and Science. The report card also states that he is not doing as well in Mathematics, specifically in topics that require application skills, such as multiplication and division of five-digit numbers.
With this information on hand, Mary is able to help her son specifically in this area, and provide sufficient coaching until he is able to improve his understanding of the particular topic.
Positive growth through active parental involvement
By allowing parents to focus time and effort in targeting specific learning areas, children can experience a number of positive outcomes:
- The child is spared from re-learning topics and subjects they already excel in.
- The child feels supported as the parent focuses on helping them in the areas they need most help in.
- Both parent and child forge a stronger bond as they spend time together towards a positive learning outcome.
EDUKATE: the best after-school learning programme for your child
EDUKATE is currently available for primary school subjects such as English, Mathematics and Science (Std 4-6).
Plans are underway for the platform to cover other subjects taught in the Malaysian syllabus, that will make EDUKATE an all-rounded after-school online programme suitable for your child’s overall learning progress.
EDUKATE’s limited promotion
Enjoy a 10% discount today when you use the promo code “FMT” to register your child for an EDUKATE account.
Here’s your chance to help your child learn better and faster via interactive lessons, educational games, tests and assignments.