about $2,000 a yearStudents usually attend once a week, at a cost of about $2,000 a year. In towns where it's popular, Russian math has a somewhat daunting reputation for rigor — and thick packets of homework.
“Russian Math” is built on the foundational principle that the cognitive ability of a child—the power to think and reason—is not predetermined at birth, but can actually be developed over time.
Inessa RifkinThe founder of RSM is Inessa Rifkin and the co-founder is Irene Khavinson. The focus of RSM is primary school mathematics.
The main difference between Russian Math and the math being taught in schools, they say, boils down to a methodology that emphasizes derivation over memorization—of learning the reasons behind the answers—and a visual approach that helps students “see” the math, and therefore understand it better.
Their impressive command of math and physics is largely because they had excellent high school teachers, many of whom came to those fields owing to the previous ban on other professions. At the same time, however, they know little about economics and other social sciences.
Grades K-12Math Education Programs for Grades K-12 | RSM.
Inessa Rifkin is the Founder and CEO of RSM.
We do not franchise, and only open a new location once a gifted and experienced teacher becomes available to lead it. Today, RSM serves over 50,000 students across North America, and has been covered by the Boston Globe, TED, NPR, and the Atlantic. Inessa Rifkin and Irina Khavinson found RSM and teach classes at Ms.
Experts agree that part of the reason why Singapore students are so successful in math is because their curriculum teaches them a deep mastery of the subject through carefully calculated foundational learning; each grade level is a building block.
“Russian math is about teaching students to work independently.” Math education begins in pre-kindergarten and continues through 12th grade. There are no year-to-year benchmarks; students are on a continuous schedule that relies less on exams and more on classroom collaboration.
According to stats, Russia is among the countries where students spend the most time on homework – on average, they are dealing with 9.7 hours of homework per week.