Category Archives: Tutoring
Do you feel like a Black Hole?
Do you also feel these January days to be dark and cold? The joyful times of the holidays are gone; we’re swamped with an infinitely high work-load or face impossible odds at upcoming finals. Relationships with friends, co-workers or even … Continue reading
The Meaning of Science ~ Its History and Branches
The word science originates from the Latin language. There it is called “scientia” and means knowledge.
The Binomial Cat Cube Solution
Tutors at the TutorZ research lab have discovered a new formula. This formula solves the problem of what happens if a cat sits in a box together with another cat who itself sits in a second box.
Happy International Student Day 2014
Today, November 17, 2014 is International Student Day. The date commemorates the anniversary of the 1939 Nazi storming of the University of Prague and subsequent sending of students to concentration camps. Today, November 17 is more a nonpolitical celebration of … Continue reading
4 Steps to Personalize Tutoring for Students
Tutoring offers many advantages over classroom teaching: the instructional style and even the content can be fitted to an individual student’s needs. How, then, do you personalize tutoring for your child, teen, or adult family member?
Six More Principles of Homework
Six more principles of homework are a succession to my Three Principles of Homework article. This article has been a huge success. Especially parents of elementary-school aged children found these three homework tips quite useful. They appreciated the concise and … Continue reading
She sells sea shells by the sea shore – Tongue Twister
A tongue-twister is an often humorous phrase difficult to articulate properly. For example: Which watch did which witch wear and which witch wore which watch?
Pringles are Hyperbolic Paraboloids
Pringles are hyperbolic paraboloids. What? Come again?
About to meet your new tutor? Here is what to do!
As someone who cares for your success, your tutor is very important to you! It’s always exciting to meet new, special people. But how do you go into your first tutoring session?
Three Principles of Homework
First Principle of Homework: You cannot force your child, he must want to do it. You cannot force your child to like homework. You cannot force your child to learn. You cannot force your child to read, to write, to … Continue reading