Applied Scholastics Wattle Grove takes a different approach when assisting a student to understand mathematics. In essence, a student must be taken back to the first misunderstanding and then move through the various stages before they can successfully go forward in their current year of schooling. 

We have discovered that students have various misunderstood mathematical words, terms and symbols; they also do not see the relevance of actually putting their mathematical skills to practical use in everyday life.

You can easily teach a student how to find the perimeter of a rectangle: (l + w) x 2. At Applied Scholastics, the student learns the definitions of all the words and symbols associated with this activity. This is then followed with a scenario that would require them to think and put that information to practical use.