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Are your kids smarter than you?
Ladue News today (12/04/2012) has an article which addresses the issue of when and why to call a tutor. The writer, Russell Hyken, is a psychologist and parent, who has himself experienced the feeling of helping with homework of which he wasn’t entirely sure.
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Arabic-English Specific Features
Arabic is not a difficult language; it's systematic and governed by rules.
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What are A Levels for?
While Education Secretary, Michael Gove, wishes to give universities say in how the A level courses are examined as well as the content, teachers’ unions are questioning their right and their interests as well as their capabilities.
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Ofqual report backs final exam A-levels
A report by England's qualifications watchdog, Ofqual, says academics are losing faith in first-year undergraduate students. Students, according to 71 academics interviewed by Ofqual, lack basic skills in English and Maths, as well as the knowledge to write essays, conduct research, reference properly.
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Online tutoring - not just second choice
Cleveland.com reports a real rise in the number of students taking advantage of a new system on online academic support. While this is for University students at the moment, there is no reason why this kind of thing cannot happen here in the UK with school kids. And indeed it does on an informal level, where teachers often answer students’ questions posted on homework forums etc.
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Finished Qualifications and Update on Online Tuition
Pete's blog 24-4-12: Last week I met with a software development company..
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Student tutors
Hartford local paper, The Courant, reports a story where students are engaging in peer-tutoring schemes. Enabling a student to be able to look through and ‘mark’ their own work is a fantastic way of teaching a student how to help themselves.
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The power of interesting homework.
Give students something to really get excited about - the power to persuade you not to give them homework!
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400,000 pupils miss month of school
Figures just released show 400,000 children were persistently absent from England's schools in the past year and missed about one month of school each.
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