Researchers have been studying the ideas and the methods of professional mathematicians and their processes for solving highly complex mathematical problems.  Mathematicians had an intuitive grasp of numbers and the relationships between numbers.  They did not follow the formulas and algorithms taught to elementary students.  They never “carried the two” or cross-multiplied after flipping the denominator or any of the other little tips and tricks that traditional mathematics taught, or if they did, they understood why it worked.

The curriculum developed by Genius Development Workshop helps students learn all the mathematical techniques required in International Mathematical Olympiad and in public examinations, and more importantly, we help students understand why they work.  We teach children multiple ways of attempting to solve a problem and promote strategic critical thinking and creative problem solving.  We encourage children to take initiative or find alternative methods to come to the same right answer.

We incorporate perseverance and critical, strategic reasoning into the standards.  Children at the Genius classroom know that if one way does not work, then perhaps a different method will.  They know that different problems require different approaches.  Our students are prepared for the world as they are able to identify the problem and strategically think through the different tools for problem solving, and then choose the best one.  If that method fails, then they always have backup tools for problem solving.  And they always know how to check their work using different methods.

Here in the Genius classroom, we are helping children reach their full potential, unlocking their imagination and preparing them for a bright future.  The sky is the limit for children in the Genius classroom.