ADHD: Could My Child Have ADHD?
Attention deficit disorder in children, also referred to as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, refers to children who often have difficulty focusing their attention, listening, remembering things, staying still, and/or waiting their turn. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Addition, DSM-IV, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a “persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity [...]
Dyslexia: Does My Child Have Dyslexia?
Dyslexia impacts all areas of life. Reading is one of the most important skills your child needs to master. He will need reading in every subject in school and in almost every facet of life. Yet, millions of kids have poor reading skills, which may be due to lack of practice or something more organic [...]
Key to the SAT, PSAT, and the SAT Subject Tests Part 1—Attitude, Traps, and Trust
SAT Prep and PSAT Prep Advice
Whether your SAT test preparation consists of working on your own, in a group or class, or one-to-one with a qualified SAT tutor, the following advice will help you get the best scores possible.
SAT Prep Advice: Think of the SAT’s as just a game.
It is a mindset that helps keep [...]
Disjointed: Funny in Television, Not Funny in School
Old timers will remember the hugely popular radio and TV show, “Children Say the Darndest Things.”
The host, the kindly Art Linkletter, interviewed one child after another. The humor results from the disjoint between children’s and adult’s thinking and their very different interpretation of words and phrases. In other words, the humor comes from the children [...]
Have trouble taking notes? This computer-in-a-pen can change all that
If you or your child has as much trouble taking notes as I do, this cutting-edge new product can change your life. I’ve owned mine for two months and it has made my life a lot easier. I love using it.
By the way, I’m not one to be influenced by commercials or advertisements. A rare [...]
Tutoring + Coaching, Better Than Tutoring Alone
Tutoring is good and Coaching is good, but Tutoring / Coaching is best. Here’s why.
Tutors usually teach, or re-teach, content. Examples include how to regroup when subtracting and how to remember the amendments to the Constitution for a test on Friday. Whenever possible, a good tutor will also attempt to make the content relevant, by [...]
Geometry Proofs: Junk or Gems?
Are geometry proofs Junk or Gems?
The answer is both.
High school students taking geometry, including the new NYS Regents Geometry Course, will be doing lots of geometry proofs.
“When will I ever use this junk?” will almost certainly cross their minds.
The answer is “probably never,” which clearly favors the “junk” designation in the title.
Then why make kids [...]
Overusing Teachers’ Websites
Getting homework assignments on-line from teachers’ websites is wonderful. However, overusing the service has a down side—it erodes responsibility.
The old-fashioned way of copying assignments from the board, legibly, and gathering the books and materials, requires a variety of valuable life skills. It also requires responsibility, the ‘R’ on our acronym STRONG.
If assignments are available only [...]
What do pies have to do with math?
“What do pies have to do with math? I looked up ‘pie’ in the math book and couldn’t find it.” This was a frazzled parent talking. It sounds like a cute math joke, but it’s true.
The word is spelled pi. It is a cute Greek letter that stands for a number a little bigger than [...]
Geometry Proofs Made Easy
Remember geometry proofs? For many students, they are the basis of recurring nightmares.
Here is good news; they don’t have to be. Just do them as if you were telling a story.
Huh?
Bear with me. If you were telling a story about your trip to a beach, is there any way you would mess things up like: [...]
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