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How tos for the learners and the learned; tips and tricks to help you study effectively, survive your school years, impress your teachers and more.
How to Study More Efficiently
1. Change your environment. Always studying in the same place can get very distracting, even if it can get your mind "in the zone" in the meantime. Your family or dorm-mate might distract you, as well as the noises outside. The room might get too cramped (especially if you're stuck with a tiny dorm), or too hot. Check out your area to find different alternatives that might suit you better. Some examples include: a coffee shop, a library, outside, or if you aren't in a dorm, go to a different part of the house!
By Heather Clark5 years ago in Education
Sports as a Theme of Your Essay
Aside from preparing your academic transcripts, requesting people to write your reference or recommendation letters, and doing well in admission tests by obtaining high scores, there is one more requirement in your college application that you should never underestimate. It is your college essay.
By Charlotte Mason5 years ago in Education
Home Education
Deciding to homeschool is a tremendous decision. It is one that will impact your whole family. Homeschooling is not merely a matter of devoting seven hours, five days a week, with summers off to the education of your child. Homeschooling creates a 24/7 classroom.
By Joseline Burns5 years ago in Education
How to Choose a Private School for Your Child
I like to think of myself as a very unique person when it comes to my schooling. I'm a veteran of almost every type of school system the United States offers. I spent most of my elementary and middle school in the public school system. I then switched to a private middle school, followed by vocational schooling.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart5 years ago in Education
How to Start Learning a New Language: Latin
Learning any new language can be a bit challenging regardless of who you are, where you’re from, and what you believe in. The interesting part of language is that all of these things are influenced by language! The following lesson I am providing will give you tools to not only learn Latin—but you can use these tools for any language!
By Phoenix Lawson5 years ago in Education
Six Working Ways to Engage Students in Volunteering
We can’t deny the fact that students are an important part of our society today. Their level of social awareness, their keenness in sharing knowledge, and their great enthusiasm for a cause that interests them make them a good fit for volunteers. Being a volunteer involves spending your time and energy in an activity that isn’t directly for your good, but rather for others. This helps the society a lot and the best set of people for this are students. The problem with getting students to volunteer is that their interests as young folk might not necessarily be what you want them to volunteer for. Below are six ways to encourage and engage students in volunteering.
By Tiffany Harper5 years ago in Education
How to Find a Good Tutor
As a parent, I can't stress how important my children's education is—after all, the value of education is priceless. My one son is a natural scholar. He's into science, math, and even philosophy... all at the tender age of 11! My oldest son, unfortunately, isn't such a natural learner.
By Brett Tortorello5 years ago in Education
Motivate Your Child
Actually, children like to learn. Actually. Many children lose their motivation to learn early on. Every child is born with an incredible desire to discover and shape. Never again in his life will a child be as curious and inquisitive as in his early childhood. Parents (and educators) should become aware of this treasure and this openness and uphold it because this basis can facilitate the school career.
By Matthew Evans5 years ago in Education
Learning Difficulties?
You can spend time on your classes, nothing to do, you can not remember them. For lack of method, concentration or maybe because you do not understand them well. Is it lost? Far from there ! Here is a method based on 5 principles that could help you regain your footing.
By Karen Berns5 years ago in Education
Gratitude for Technology: Tech Tips for Students
From long nights copying textbooks in the library, to hand-written final reports, to white-out and typewriters, to lugging slide rules around campus, to manually drafting engineering drawings, to solving complicated differential equations by hand, to primitive dial-up internet, "success" in the academic days of yesterday now seems like a Herculean task.
By Maxwell Goldberg5 years ago in Education