Showing posts with label tutor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tutor. Show all posts

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Teaching kids to like math

I am thinking that this is a difficult task.  Math, never one of my strong suits, is coming back to me.  I am starting to enjoy fractions, and dare I say percentages!  Yes, of course, they do come in handy when you are at a 63% off sale, and you have to know if I can buy those to die for shoes.  So I guess starting young is the way to go with teaching kids to enjoy math.  Tutoring can start as young as kindergarten, and go through college, for all sorts of subjects including math, and pre algebra.  Math can be used in many everyday situations, and tutoring kids early can help ease the frustrations.  How do divide numbers, fractions, decimals can all be taught to the very young using simple examples from things they see everyday.  I use algebra equations when I am in the craft room trying to come up with new quilt designs, so you really can bring math into the house so kids can see it in action.  If you can seem to do it yourself, get a tutor to help out.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Struggling in Studying?

There was a time when I needed a statistics tutor.  I remember it was hard to even pay attention in class, because the concepts were just so foreign, they might as well have been speaking Chinese!  This is the case with many kids in school, but they don't want to admit they need help.  For the teenager who thinks they know everything asking for help in studying is the hardest thing ever.  There is help, specifically statistics help.  It is easy, even for that teenager.  Just type in your question and get the help you need quickly.  You don't even have to tell anyone you need help, just try the free statistics help demo!

Monday, November 9, 2009

Help is always available

I remember back when I was in high school having a tutoring session almost weekly. I was one of those students that needed math help, and the way to get that was through a math tutor. However, it was a scheduled event weekly, that usually cut into the time when I rather be playing soccer, or tennis or anything for that matter other than math.
Now in the age of technology online math tutoring can replace your weekly tutoring session with the local tutor, and put the online math help at your fingertips 24 hours a day. I know that getting a teenager to do anything can sometimes be difficult, but this is on the computer, and I think that is something the kids can get behind. The online math tutor can be a valuable tool for the struggling student. You can type in your questions and get the help you need. I think this would have been great for me when I was in school. I hope that the students of this fantastic online generation take advantage of all the benefits that the internet has to offer.