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How Much Help is Too Much?
Universities are coming under increasing pressure to monitor students’ work to ensure that the work is their own. Whilst plagiarism has always been an issue that universities have had to contend with, a rising point of contention is the degree to which students are receiving help with their assignments.
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New GCSE and A Level Exams Unveiled
The new GCSES and A Levels for England have been revealed after months of consultation and several delays. The new exams place an increased emphasis on maths skills, with a tough maths exam and increased mathematical elements in science subjects.
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Helping Students with Exam Fear
In the coming weeks, tutors who have students who experience exam fear will have to work hard to help them overcome it, whilst still revising as best they can.
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GCSEs to be Marked Using International Standards
The government has announced plans to mark GCSE papers in accordance with Chinese standards after exam regulators’ complaints that grades have been inflated over the years.
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Easter Exam Revision Tips
It’s the time of year when tutoring agencies are getting inundated with calls from students desperate for help over the Easter holidays. In my experience as both a student and a tutor, I find that Easter holiday revision is particularly difficult.
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Pledge to Abolish Illiteracy and Innumeracy
The education secretary has promised to abolish illiteracy and innumeracy in the UK, likening the need to secure educational progress to the need of developing countries to secure clean water and eliminate malaria.
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Tutors Should Reject Early-Years Testing
They only thing we would do by tutoring pre-school children is to hinder their development. We may not have any say over government legislation, but we can stop the tutoring industry following suit.
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Study Leads the way for Teaching Maths
A new study has shown that using gestures is the best way for children to learn Maths. The study carried out by psychologists in the US showed that eight year old children better understood mathematical principles if they used their hands during the learning process in addition to their brains.
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Helping Students Improve their English
Private tutoring has become increasingly popular over the years, especially amongst families for whom English is a second language. It is an issue for many students that they not only have to contend with preparing for their GCSEs, but also that they must do so in their second language.
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