December 30, 2008 by Editor
It’s been a while since we had a chance to review another website here on Homework Help Today, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to introduce you all to a great new web service available for teachers. Of course, some of you students and parents might find it pretty useful also. The site is [...]
December 16, 2008 by Glen
by Tutor Glen D. on TutorMatch.com
This article is about the best method for ensuring that a student succeeds in math and benefits from the tutoring experience. The primary thing for the tutor to keep in mind is that, while the parent may be paying the bill, it is the student who is the primary client. [...]
December 3, 2008 by Editor
States are making little or no progress in providing affordable college opportunities or improving college completion rates for their residents, says a report released today by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. The findings come as states face massive budget shortfalls that threaten higher-education funding, and the U.S. continues to lag behind [...]
November 25, 2008 by Diane Palumbo
Repetition can be extremely helpful in the learning patterns of students and should be used on a daily basis when tutoring children with their homework. Skills such as math, reading and writing, and learning a new language can be easily learned with the assistance of some suggestive repetition.
Repetition is especially useful when tutoring as children [...]
November 20, 2008 by Diane Palumbo
Homework help can be a daunting experience, especially for those parents that have been out of school for years. Use these tips to make the process easier while helping your child to understand the concepts that have been taught that day at school.
1. Provide a quiet place for the child to study and review the concepts [...]
November 10, 2008 by Diane Palumbo
A few people have been bugging me lately by mistreating the English language, and I thought I might get my frustration out and clear the air about a few myths at the same time. The following are a few phrases and oft-used words which shouldn’t be so oft-used at all.
1. The saying is “for all [...]
November 8, 2008 by Diane Palumbo
I found another great website which I felt I had to share with you - GrammarNOW.com. This site is an awesome resource for anyone looking for help with grammar, usage, composition, or editing. Not only does it provide a one-stop shop for just about everything related to the English language (spelling, definitions, grammatical usage, etc.), [...]
November 6, 2008 by Diane Palumbo
I recently came across a new website, called TeachersServant.com, which I thought might be useful to tutors. It’s a time management solution for teachers and tutors which need to organize lesson plans, schedule tasks and reminders, and generally stay on top of any kind of schedule. It offers a basic free plan for less than [...]
October 27, 2008 by Editor
TutorMatch (http://www.tutormatch.com), the leading online tutor referral service, announced today that 10% of all proceeds for the month of October will be donated to the Chicago-based Volunteer Tutoring organization, the Tutor Mentor Connection.
The Tutor Mentor Connection (http://www.tutormentorconnection.org/) describes their mission as dedicated to improving the availability and quality of comprehensive, long-term, volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs in [...]
October 20, 2008 by Aish
Math Anxiety is a term coined by psychologists and refers to the fear of math that gets instilled in students at a very young age. This holds true for students that are public, private or homeschooled. For most of these students, this fear only increases with time and age and they dread math as they [...]
