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Education > College Study Tips How to improve your spelling and proofreading skills: 3 of 19
We are not born knowing how to spell and use proper grammar. Improvement only comes through consistent use just like anything that is to be committed to long term memory. If you want to improve your spelling and grammar; read, read, and read some more. The more often we read words the more likely we are to remember them. I l... More..
Education > Homework & Testing Can your child be hurt by too much homework?: 17 of 71
The act of having compulsory homework is damaging to students desire to learn. Students in today's schools are forced to do meaningless homework, thus they acquire a negative attitude against homework and education in general. We joke about the old "The dog ate my homework" excuse, but in truth children do not want to do the... More..
Education > College Study Tips Right brain and left brain learning styles explained: 2 of 6
Everyone is going to be different. There are different degrees to which we use the individual sides of our brains. I know personally I am more right brain tendency with left brain qualities. Left brain learners tend to be: Auditory learners, better at learning through lectures, but also learn well through reading words in a ... More..
Education > College Study Tips How to determine your learning style: 4 of 11
There are three styles of learning, though some people can be a blend of two or even all three, most people are one style more than the other two. Visual: You learn better by seeing things such as, body language, charts, symbols, pictures, and diagrams. You tend to take notes regularly in class and prefer to sit near the fro... More..
Education > College Study Tips Time-saving research techniques: 5 of 13
After doing countless research papers I have learned some very useful time saving techniques. 1. Pick a topic as soon as possible. If you aren't assigned a specific topic but are given the ability to choose anything of relevance to the class, then you must decide quickly what to do. 2. Once you have the topic for your resear... More..
Education > Homework & Testing Tips for keeping your child's self esteem intact: 11 of 20
A child way of viewing themselves depends on a few different factors. The first example they get is by watching how their parents feel about themselves. If they frequently see their mother complaining about how fat she is, or their father about how he can't do anything right, then the children are being set up to be extremel... More..
Education > Early Childhood Ed Best age to start kindergarten: 17 of 26
Each child is different when it comes to emotional readiness for social settings. In the USA where children are more frequently put into daycares at a young age, school readiness may be closer to the age of four. However for most children to have the ability to sit still for any length of time and learn a new skill the ages ... More..
Education > College Study Tips How to make the most of your time when studying: 15 of 21
To make the most of your time you need to know what you are studying for. If you are studying for a multiple question test you must know the essentials for what the test will cover. If you are lucky enough to have a teacher who has given you a study guide, or covered what materials will be on the test in class, then taken no... More..
Education > College Study Tips The benefits of using a day planner in college: 14 of 18
You have a test on Tuesday, an essay due Wednesday, Mid-terms to study for, friends to visit with, a party on Saturday, and your parents expect to see you at some point during the semester. How are you going to keep all that straight in your head? The answer: You don't have to. Using a daily planner can eliminate the fear th... More..
Education > College Study Tips When to study to make the most of it: 21 of 22
You can save yourself a lot of time by figuring out when you are most alert during the day and to know if you are a left brain learner or a right brain learner. If you are a morning person, more than likely you tend to be more of a left brain user. Though not all left brain users are morning people and not all morning people... More..