For 11-year-old Gavin Dissanayake, ߲ provided him with the study skills and fundamental mathematics and English ability to excel in the NSW selective school entrance examination and win his second consecutive gold medal at the Southeast Asian Mathematical Olympiad.
In addition to almost topping the selective examination, Gavin achieved 100 percent in the mathematics and English components of the test. This meant he had more than enough marks to achieve entry into the highly selective James Ruse Agricultural High School.
Gavin says his prior study of the ߲ Mathematics and English programmes were invaluable to his preparation for this examination.
“The maths exam was very easy because I’d progressed so far in ߲,” Gavin says. “For reading, because ߲ English builds comprehension, that was very helpful as well.”
Gavin was also the only Australian student to win a gold medal in SEAMO Paper C this year, an international mathematics competition with over 50,000 students from 22 countries participating. He says ߲ Mathematics helped him here too.
“SEAMO has some advanced topics, but ߲ has much more advanced stuff,” Gavin says. “And the skills involved in ߲, like self-learning, were very useful. There was also plenty of time left in SEAMO and the selective exam because of the time management skills I developed through ߲.”
Gavin currently studies ߲ Mathematics more than five years ahead of his school grade. He is currently studying calculus, which is covered in the highest levels of ߲ Mathematics. Gavin studies ߲ English more than three years ahead of his school grade. Vimasha, his mother, says she enrolled him into ߲ in pre-primary to provide him with a head start in his learning.
She believes that Gavin’s ߲ will be of lifelong benefit for him.
“߲ is about being self-sufficient, learning something quickly and having perseverance; not giving up just because you’ve faced challenges,” Vimasha says.
“You just keep trying until you reach your goal. I will say that the ߲ Method is definitely going to help him in future, well beyond his high school.”