From the monthly archives: September 2010
Although in-home tutoring is commonly used to augment the school work of your kids, a one-on-one process for teaching children can also be an advantage when they need to take a crucial exam, which will determine their academic future. For example, grade school and high school children sometimes take entrance [...]
There are two parts to the news on Obama’s education program, which I quote excerpts from the Yahoo! News article:
Part I
Bemoaning America’s decreasing global educational competitiveness, Obama sought in a nationally broadcast interview to reinvigorate his education agenda. At the same time, the president acknowledged that many poor schools don’t have [...]
In-home tutoring is a one-on-one process where the in-home tutor guides the tutee (student) in learning. This kind of tutoring usually focuses on single subjects that a student has difficulty achieving good grades in school. Note that the emphasis here is on reaching high grades.
Although in-home tutoring does not [...]
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We all know reading helps develop a child’s intelligence and creativity. When a parent reads to a child early, the child develops speech and listening skills faster than average. More than the intellectual benefits, reading to your child also bring emotional [...]
Some children have problems with focusing their attention to one task for a long period. Reading to them becomes a challenge, which parents and in-home tutors can overcome by keeping the child emotionally and mentally engaged with the activity. Here are a few tips that parents and in-home tutors can follow [...]
You have probably heard of the saying, “Charity begins at home.” In the field of teaching and in-home tutoring, literacy begins at home, too. Formal education for your children may start when he or she starts attending school, but learning begins before that.
As a parent, one of your responsibilities [...]
Perhaps, APD is more of a learning disorder than ADHD because it involves auditory processing, which is necessary for interpreting information through verbal communication. As we all know, verbal communication is necessary in the learning process.
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) symptoms include difficulty in paying attention and remembering information when coursed through multiple modes, such [...]
Let us look deeper into ADHD and understand how this disorder came to be. Some experts believe that people who have ADHD retain some of the “hunter” characteristics associated with pre-agricultural humans. ADHD behavior works well when applied in work that require searching, such as treasure hunting, or tasks that take risks or involves competition, [...]
Among schoolchildren, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is the most common diagnosis by child psychiatrists today. This disorder has been controversial for many reasons, one of which is the frequent over-diagnosis of ADHD.
Some teachers, in-home tutors and parents see children who display too much energy or talk too much as disruptive, which leads them to [...]
More than thirty years ago, the existence of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Auditory Processing Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder were unheard of. Today, these three disorders were the bane of many children who had to take medication, undergo counseling, and go to special classes that help them cope with schoolwork. As a result, in-home tutors and [...]
If parents choose to hire an in-home tutor for their children, then the in-home tutor should incorporate those methods used in academic coaching and mentoring. Instead of directing the child to the right answers, the in-home tutor teaches your child how to look for answers. For example, the in-home [...]
Tutoring and academic coaching both aim towards improving a student’s knowledge and skills. As proof of this improvement, the student’s grades pull up. This boosts the student’s self-confidence and motivation to learn more.
However, tutoring differs from academic coaching in application. Tutoring is often applied when the student has difficulty in one subject [...]
Aside from the professional credentials, such as degrees and certificates, you should look for other qualities, such as trustworthiness and reliability, in an in-home tutor. However, we do not easily see these qualities in a person when we first meet them. The best way to find evidence that an [...]
We often see the relationship between an in-home tutor and tutee romanticized in films and books. In a platonic sense, the relationship resembles that of a master and an apprentice, which parallels a familial relationship between sisters or brothers and between a parent and a child.
In-home tutoring has [...]
A tutor of the opposite gender as your child raises concerns in some parents. Currently, parents can never be too careful with a stranger taking advantage of their children. The possibility of misdemeanor or abuse strongly exists, which prompted many tutoring agencies to perform thorough background checks, including an FBI [...]
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