Category Archives: Tutoring
Challenges of Being a Personal Tutor
The private tutors enjoy wide range of benefits in tutoring services. But however they need to overcome certain professional problems to bring success in their career. Personal tutors face some problems, especially when they are new to teaching industry. We … Continue reading
How to Become a Successful Math Tutor
Becoming a math tutor requires more talent, dedication, concentration and many such things. Many students struggle to understand the concepts in math. Hence they need personal tutors to help them to excel in their math homework.
Become a Productive and Effective Tutor One-on-One
How do you know if you are taking the right steps to becoming a productive and effective tutor? Your skills may be honed to the level of Ph.D, MA, or BA certification but just because you have the knowledge doesn’t … Continue reading
Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia and Dyscalculia
What is a learning disability? Learning Disability is not a specific term; it is a category containing many specificdisabilities, all of which cause learning to be difficult. The following definition of “learning disability” is used for legislative, financial, and educational … Continue reading
Book Review – Tutor Quest by Edward E. Gordon
This is a review of the book “Tutor Quest: Finding Effective Education For Children & Adults” by Edward E. Gordon I think that Gordan has done a great service to parents and students by providing this remarkably trusty handbook. With … Continue reading
Legalities of Homeschooling in California
A court ruling in Oakland, California has added another legal mine in the murky landscape of right for Californians to homeschool their children. According to this ruling “parent do not have a constitutional right” to home-school their children. This ruling … Continue reading
Tutoring to Get it Right
One of the most frequently asked questions from parents is how to plan for a successful school year. Here we suggest a few things parents and students can do to get the upper hand on a new school year before … Continue reading
What Every Parent Should Know About Hiring a Tutor
Why do we Need Tutors? During pre-modern times a formal education was reserved for religious leaders and the very wealthy, including royalty, who enjoyed a one-on-one relationship with their teachers. Labor skills, however, were passed down in the age-old fashion … Continue reading
Tutoring Services: Brick, Mortar & Beyond
With such drastic advances in the past thirty years technology has become the crutch for our everyday lives. Technology assists us in communication, transportation, and even education. The Internet has made accessing information much easier than it was just twenty … Continue reading
Does My Child Need a Tutor?
I sit down once a month to do the bills while my husband checks the oil and other fluids in our cars. Once a week he mows the lawn, and every six months the whole family goes to the dentist. … Continue reading
