The New Wave of Tutoring, Online Tutoring!

by Debbie Cluff

Benjamin Franklin once said, “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn”. Benjamin Franklin did not understand the concept of online tutoring, but his direction practically magnifies the importance of each student being tutored in their own home. The importance of online tutoring is something that parents need to understand and start to implement in the home. Parents are so busy and it is hard to ensure that their child is receiving quality education in the home. In order to guarantee the success of their student, each parent needs to rely on online tutoring in the home. [ more ]

How to Use a Private Tutor for Your Child

by Ispas Marin

Your child’s school activity is falling behind other classmates, his/her grades aren’t high anymore, or your child is just not coping with teachers’ requirements. All these represent valid reasons for you to get a private tutor for the child. The private tutor will help your child with difficult homework assignments, will explain him/her different concepts or ideas, and will teach him how to study efficiently for tests. [ more ]

Cooperative Learning

by Debbie Cluff

Cooperative Learning is actually having the students work in groups or a group setting. Instead of the traditional style of teaching, the students interact with each other and build upon their school relations. In Week 4’s class lecture it states, “Cooperative learning teaches students to be a functional member of a team, with not only individual responsibilities, but group responsibilities as well” (Week 4, 2005). This is an importance learning style to incorporate in the lessons because it builds communication skills in the classroom. These skills will become the basis of their adult relations. In order to better understand cooperative learning, the main theorists and basis of this subject need to be explored. [ more ]

Be Careful when You Choose a Home Tutor

by Ispas Marin

It may seem a simple thing to find a home tutor for a child, but it eventually turns out to be a very complicated process. Naturally, you will look for a reliable, qualified, trustworthy home tutor who will have the responsibility of helping your child study. You will soon realize that finding a serious, well qualified home tutor is not very easy. You may easily be fooled by persons pretending they have the qualifications you are requiring if you are choosing to use a newspaper advertisement for recruiting candidates. Many of those answering your ad may not be reliable; therefore you should also take into consideration the option of using a tuition agency’s services. [ more ]

Starting a Tutoring Business at Home

by Wendy Brown

A couple of days ago, my son took a practice SAT. He's always been an Honor Student (at least for the last few years) with an A/B average in all of his subjects. Sometimes he slides in English, but we always thought that was because of his lack of interest rather than a lack of ability.

His scores on the verbal section were low, and his scores in the math section were not high enough to compensate. Based on that practice test, my Honor Roll son, who is in the College Preparatory track at his school, could not even get into college. [ more ]

What does this inexplicable tutor want?

by Francis Dower

Many students around the world face in their opinion with insurmountable challenges- to design and successfully complete their writing assignments. Whatever task you face whatever type of paper you are assigned with and whatever program you are enrolled at, one should always remember that your imagination, creativity and original, unique vision are indispensable elements of well-written term paper. [ more ]