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About Alpha Maths

Founded in 2014, Alpha Maths Tuition Centre offers learning and support to post-primary students to develop their Maths skills to help them understand and apply the basic fundamental concepts of the new Project Maths syllabus for the Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations. Learning is provided through private face-to-face and online tuition. Alpha Maths offers individual tuition, group classes, topic-focused workshops, revision courses, and more.

About Project Maths

Project Maths is an exciting, dynamic development in Irish education. It involves empowering students to develop essential problem-solving skills for higher education and the workplace by engaging teenagers with mathematics set in interesting and real-world contexts.

The Project Maths proponents aim is “to provide for an enhanced student learning experience and greater levels of achievement for all. Much greater emphasis will be placed on student understanding of mathematical concepts, with increased use of contexts and applications that will enable students to relate mathematics to everyday experience”.

There is an increase in the amount of statistics and probability studied at both Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate and there is more of an emphasis on student understanding of these concepts.

There are five Strands for Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate:

  1. Statistics and Probability
  2. Geometry and Trigonometry
  3. Number
  4. Algebra
  5. Functions

What we offer

  • Individual tuition
  • Group classes
  • Topic-focused workshops
  • Revision courses
  • Summer grinds

Location

Testimonials

My son attended Alpha Maths to get help with the higher level Maths syllabus. Stephen explained everything very clearly, gave excellent notes and got him to understand the key concepts. I would have no hesitation in recommending Alpha Maths to any parent/student. My son got a C3 in higher level Leaving Certificate Maths having got just a C in the Junior Certificate.

Teresa (Parent)

A huge thank you to Stephen at Alpha Maths who helped my daughter achieve the result she wanted in her Maths exam. She found Stephen’s teaching approach very calm and effective and she really gained confidence in herself. I would highly recommend that parents/students contact Alpha Maths early in the year to avoid the panic and stress coming up to exams.

Deirdre (Parent)

Stephen was a huge help to me with my Leaving Cert Maths. Before I attended Alpha Maths, I was lost in school and totally demotivated. I found the one-on-one grinds great as I could ask Stephen to explain certain things to me and then practice the techniques and methods on exam questions.Thanks for helping me get a great result Stephen.

Lauren (Student)

My daughter was having difficulties with the transition to Project Maths. Having spoken with Stephen at Alpha Maths, I enrolled her for a weekly class. She found it really useful from the outset and the classes gave her a different view on the subject, approaching it from another angle and giving her a greater understanding. She got a great result in the higher level Maths in her Leaving Cert and I have recommended Alpha Maths to my friends and colleagues.

Katie (Parent)

My daughter got a B in her LC Maths and we were absolutely thrilled. Stephen in Alpha Maths Tuition Centre was so patient and encouraging and had the ability to explain and break the different sections down for her. Without his help she would not have achieved the result she did. I have no hesitation in recommending Alpha Maths. Stephen has been very obliging, flexible and diligent and gave my daughter the confidence she needed to get an excellent result.

Tracey (Parent)

Stephen_PortraitStephen Meaney – Founder

Stephen completed his second-level education in Deerpark CBS, St. Patrick’s Road, Cork and went on to complete a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineer Degree (Honours) from the Cork Institute of Technology and then a Master of Business Administration Degree from Florida Atlantic University.

Stephen has a number of years of experience as a tutor, teacher, and examiner.

Stephen also has over 20 years’ experience in Engineering having worked with a number of different multi-national corporations such as Logitech, Stryker, Tyco, and Phillips holding positions from Project Engineer to Project Manager.

Stephen recognised the demand to provide students with additional after-school support and founded
Alpha Maths Tuition Centre. The aim of Alpha Maths is to help students to develop their Maths skills so they can understand and apply the basic fundamental concepts of the new Project Maths syllabus for the Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations. The tuition centre has a friendly environment, is exam focused, and conveniently located in 87 South Mall in the heart of Cork City..

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