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Test Anxiety

LoveToStudy — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:41:09 +0000

While I respect the stress that students feel when preparing for exams, I am skeptical of the claim of test anxiety. I find that the anxiety can be quelled by thoroughly preparing for the exam. Thorough preparation means one thing: you absolutely, positively know the material, and you can demonstrate that you know it by …

Time Sustainability

LoveToStudy — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:22:06 +0000

I’m counting down the days until my Recycling and Waste Management classes begin at Irvine Valley College. What can I say…? My license plate spells out “love to study”! However, it occurred to me that I need to rethink how I use my weekly allotment of 168 hours. In addition to the 12 hours a …

A Brilliant Idea!

LoveToStudy — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:00:11 +0000

Watch this video to see how residents are lighting up their dark homes with plastic water bottles. Video Parents, I’ve used this concept as a science article summary with one of my summer tutoring students. There are various documentaries on this invention, but this video is the clearest one I’ve seen. Here are some ideas for using this video: …

Resource for Nursing Students

LoveToStudy — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:29:39 +0000

We tutor several students who are enrolled in the Saddleback College Nursing program. We also recruit many nursing students for their balance of science, math, and language arts tutoring abilities. I just received this link to a website for Certified Nursing Assistants. I hope our students and tutors will find it helpful! You can never …

Just Not Getting It

LoveToStudy — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:57:30 +0000

This morning, my husband and I attended the open gym at CrossFit South County. I have a goal to be able to do two kipping pull-ups by early February. Just like some students just don’t “see” the math, or the logic of an essay, I just don’t get exercise. I don’t have that brain-to-muscle connection …

It’s so easy to apply to a community college online!

LoveToStudy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:33:27 +0000

I am so impressed with the California Community College online application system (www.cccapply.org). I have attended Irvine Valley College and Saddleback College, and I amazingly still had my username and password stored in my BlackBerry. I entered my codes and there I was: the system still had my personal data. All I had to do, …

A Tutor Returns to College

LoveToStudy — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:54:28 +0000

As the owner and founder of Clarity Learning, I have been enjoying a decade of tutoring students and recruiting tutors. One of my best subjects to tutor is math for the very reason that I wrestled with it in middle school through college. I changed my major from engineering to marketing to escape math (and, …

Strategies for the Super-Guesser

LoveToStudy — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:41:46 +0000

We had a fun time at today’s “Fun Phonics, Fun Facts” session held at Saige Nicole’s Baby and Toddler Boutique. (http://www.saigenicoles.com/cart.php?m=blog_post_detail&id=14). One mom shared that while her three-year-old is eager read her “Bob Books,” she randomly guesses when she doesn’t know a word or has lost interest in reading. For instance, if the word starts …

Thoughts on the Homework Conundrum

LoveToStudy — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:15:27 +0000

(This is from my reply to a September 7 article in the Omaha World-Herald titled “Schools Redefine Homework.” http://www.omaha.com/article/20110907/NEWS01/709079949/0&frompost=1) As a tutor, I agree that children sometimes have an eye-popping amount of homework. But what some call “homework,” I call “practice.” It’s the practice of the concepts taught in school, and those concepts are what …

Make practice algebra tests quickly with the Holt textbook companion site

LoveToStudy — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:08:30 +0000

Students who are dismayed by unexpectedly poor test scores can avoid this disappointment! Take a practice test and pretend you’re on Test Island, that lonely place devoid of notes, books, and tutor body language and hints. These invaluable quizzes will help you work out those steps and pitfalls that you thought you could navigate. You’ll help yourself recognize …