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5 Ways To Get Support During Final Exams
It’s best to study at the library! High school students are facing final exams now, and many feel anxious, confused and isolated. Exam preparation is your responsibility, but that doesn’t mean you...
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Is Math Acceleration A Good Idea?
Way back when I was in school, Algebra I was considered a ninth grade course, and it was only a handful of “honors” kids who took it as eighth graders. Since then, there’s been a trend towards...
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Parents Should Supervise Their Older Kids’ Studying
Kids of all ages need support as they gradually develop good study habits. Educators call it “scaffolding,” the kind of adult guidance that keeps young learners on the right path until they’ve...
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Rounding Up Three More Usual Math Suspects
We tutors get an interesting perspective into students’ math struggles. We find ourselves reteaching the same concepts over and over, to students from 5th through 12th grade. The human brain has a hard...
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Closing In On “Close Reading”
If you haven’t heard this latest buzz phrase, you will soon. Standardized tests and schools alike are shifting their focus towards cultivating not just more reading, but reading that is deep,...
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Ratios Are Hard For Student Brains To Learn
Right now, algebra students are studying unit rates, proportions and dimensional analysis. Geometry students are working on similar figures and triangle proportionality theorems. All of these topics...
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Disappointing Final Exam Grades?
Many good students, despite having studied, didn’t do as well as they had hoped on their final exams. Here are some common reasons: Often, the sheer length of the exam is a problem. According to...
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For Better Student Writing, Reading Comprehension And Thinking: Teach...
Most sentences are not simple! When students understand conjunctions, their reading comprehension improves. And, but, when, although and because are some of the most common conjunctions. We hear and...
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Set These Routines And Start The School Year Right
I don’t know about you, but I feel ready to get back into the comforting structure of the school-year schedule. Routines makes life easier and less stressful in so many ways. Good routines are also the...
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Successful Student Habit #1: Get Enough Sleep!
What is sleep for, anyway? It may seem like a waste to spend 1/3 of every day snoozing; why not binge-watch a good show or do some extra online shopping instead? Yet, research keeps pouring out about...
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