DianaE2022-11-30T01:23:25+11:00Posted in Motivation & Interest, Primary School Learning, Structuring Lessons
It is important for parents, teachers and tutors to remember that before students are students, they are children. And children are built to play. They learn through playing from the time they are very small, and continue to grow mentally, emotionally and physically when they are encouraged to ..
DianaE2022-10-31T19:22:40+11:00Posted in All About Exams, Motivation & Interest, Study Habits
It’s no surprise that studying for a test does not rank on the list of “Top Ten Things I Want To Do After I Just Spent All Day At School” for most students. However, responsible students know it must be done and fit study sessions into their busy ..
DianaE2022-10-31T19:50:52+11:00Posted in All Categories, Concentration & Focus, Motivation & Interest, Parent Advice, Primary School Learning
Sarah knew a few very important facts about Andrew before they ever sat down for their first tutoring session. She knew, based on the phone call with Andrew’s mom, that he liked Star Wars, the color green, and that zebras are his favorite animals. To some, these may ..
DianaE2022-10-31T19:54:39+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Parent Advice
When Am I EVER Going to Have to Use This?! Frustrated and overwhelmed students often throw down their pencils in defeat, wondering when they will ever have to apply complex math problems in their daily lives, and wonder why they even have to learn it. Parents who ..
Markus Curry2022-10-31T17:06:54+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
How to help students tutor students who clearly don’t want to have tuition? As discouraging as some students’ attitudes are, nothing should negate the fact that as tutors, we have an opportunity to take a closed and negative mind and replace it with an open and positive ..
EzyMath2022-10-31T18:15:17+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest
Lack of discipline and commitment regarding homework. It is frustrating when I identify a 'gap' and create a worksheet, especially to target their weakness, and they lose it, or don't bother doing it! Especially since I have explained how doing the problems will help them, and gone ..
EzyMath2022-11-02T17:31:56+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
One student’s parents want to stop tutoring after his exam but i think he needs to continue as we've only really just begun and i feel he will just forget everything and go back to how he was before. This is a really common situation. There ..
EzyMath2022-11-30T01:24:17+11:00Posted in All About Exams, Motivation & Interest, Senior & High School Learning
Dan, who is in year 12 and doing General Maths, struggles A LOT. He doesn't seem to have put in any effort throughout the year as he has no notes or recollection of learning many concepts. I find it difficult to try and cram through the general maths ..
EzyMath2022-10-31T20:03:30+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest
I was wondering if there are any strategies that I may use in order to increase a students work ethic. Mainly just trying to encourage him to do more than what I set and there teacher sets for homework. Work ethic is something that comes from having ..
EzyMath2021-02-26T00:41:30+11:00Posted in All Categories, Concentration & Focus, Motivation & Interest
The student’s attention span has slowly begun to decrease. We are working on new ways to keep the energy and focus level high. What are some ideas on keeping the concentration span to last longer? Here are some ideas: Some students have more of a challenge ..
