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Where is PracTutor Blog? Your Blog Resumes Publishing - Practutor Blog. How to Organize Your Back to School Supplies Shopping - Practutor Blog. 5 Sure Ways to Defeat Summer Learning Loss - Practutor Blog. How to convince children to revisit their text-books during the summer vacations?

5 Sure Ways to Defeat Summer Learning Loss - Practutor Blog

Grueling isn’t it! Pushing children to their study-tables is a near-impossible task, made possible, only, by our perseverance. However, it is necessary. Transforming Schools for Language Learners: The Push-in Model - Practutor Blog. Do you have students struggling with Language Arts?

Transforming Schools for Language Learners: The Push-in Model - Practutor Blog

Failure to read proficiently and independently by fourth grade can hinder student progress seriously. If your students cannot read properly, they would fail to comprehend the grade-level material. Most of them would end-up juggling between the basics-of-reading and the advanced grade-level material. Schools utilize various models of teaching to support these struggling students. How to Rock This Summer while You Prepare For Next Year - Practutor Blog. Tip no. 1.

How to Rock This Summer while You Prepare For Next Year - Practutor Blog

Get rid of that alarm clock Wake up! There is no school tomorrow. There are no assignments, lesson plans, or weekly reports waiting for you at school. Personalized Learning - A Fresh Approach - Practutor Blog. Did Jon got to choose his brain?

Personalized Learning - A Fresh Approach - Practutor Blog

Then, whose fault is it, if he’s cannot do simple multiplication, and keeps on nagging you for a calculator? Is it Patricia, his teacher, who must teach as well as prepare a class of twenty-eight students, so that everyone scores ‘proficient’ over the end-of-year standardized computerized state tests? P.S.- I forgot to mention, half-of her students are two to three grades below their current grade level. How To Ensure Students Take Your Feedback Seriously - Practutor Blog. “Stop ranting!”

How To Ensure Students Take Your Feedback Seriously - Practutor Blog

That’s what students are thinking, whenever a teacher begins giving feedback. Research, too, suggests that most children label feedback as demoralizing, irrelevant and unhelpful. Here we share a few ideas to ensure students take your feedback seriously. But, first. Why Reading 30 Minutes A Day Matters. Why Math and English need to be taught together ? I have pretty much covered in details in one of my earlier blog why English is of utmost importance and in a few cases more important than Math.

Why Math and English need to be taught together ?

However, since this comes up in all the meetings and all the places I talk about PracTutor. I think it warrants another look. Getting Ready for the Common Core. Building Adaptive Learning Systems in USA, that usually supports Personalized Learning - PracTutor - Blog. It is a well researched finding that if technology based learning systems is encouraged to reach to an advanced stage; it will enable content and customized strategies.

Building Adaptive Learning Systems in USA, that usually supports Personalized Learning - PracTutor - Blog

It is also a matter for concern in which way the learning data, collected by this system, be used to enhance the ability of the system and become adoptable to varied numbers of learners and their learning adaptability. As far as adaptive instructions are concerned, it is not a new thing, because it has been constantly observed since the days we talk about Socrates. More than three decades ago, i.e. in the start of 1980s, it was the experiences of the education researchers (Corno and Snow 1986), that adapting instructions to students works as the major factor in the domain of successful learning.

With which adaptive instructions are related? Adoption Rates of New Styles of K-12 Teaching [Infographic] An Infographic About Teachers. Is Core Curriculum Rotten. Smart Spending: Back-to-school shopping 101. Help Your Kids Head Back to School with Confidence. 21 rules for the 21st century parent. For Common Core, a new challenge — from the left. 15 Handy Tips for Getting into the Back to School Routine. How Teachers Make a Difference. 8 ideas on how to keep kids learning throughout the summer. The Real Facts of Math and Its Advantages for Students - PracTutor - Blog.

Math is the most interesting subject, as far as students are concerned, though it is a difficult subject.

The Real Facts of Math and Its Advantages for Students - PracTutor - Blog

At the same time, mathematic is the easiest subject to score hundred marks. Since mathematics is involved in all major subjects like physics, chemistry and statistics, students should take utmost care to learn math. Adaptive reasoning is the most essential aspect in math and that is why children should be taught mathematics, with very strong base, in the introduction stage.

Different nations follow different ways of math teaching and in poor countries, kids are not provided with math learning equipment, which is a disadvantage for the school students. In present days, schools have become commercial and program the syllabus, which is heavy for the kids. Mathematics scholars provide various creative ideas, for the benefit of the students and very unfortunately, only a few global education institutions are implementing those innovative ideas. 21st Century Classroom. Teachers Don't Work Hard Enough? Think Again! Ready or not, 77 million kids and adults heading back to school soon. Infographic: How to Help Students Meet the Common Core Standards for Math. LEAD Issues Five Digital Learning Recommendations. Does It Make Sense To Give Education For Free? - PracTutor - Blog. Free Education Francis Bacon, the great philosopher and thinker viewed that “knowledge means power”.

Does It Make Sense To Give Education For Free? - PracTutor - Blog

Once one gains power one can lead his / her life in a decent way. It is the power of education that can bring dignity and respect in one’s life. If power is the sublime element for one’s existence and sustenance rather to say the stamina to survive in this world, why not all are entitled to have it? Why only the rich can enjoy the power of education? If this disparity gets going, our society will not see its fullest possible all-round growth. Social Balance The simplest and the best way of disseminating knowledge is to educate every one so that a strong and permanent social balance is transformed as the balanced social platform, where all can contribute to the uplift of the single, unbiased and harmonious society. If education is free from primary level up to the graduation level, all can get the benefit.

How Involved Are The Parents In Their Child’s Education? - K12 Education - Bethesda-Chevy Chase, MD Patch. The important issue can be rightly discussed if we can put some light on the importance of the involvements of the parents in their child’s psycho-social-emotional developments.

How Involved Are The Parents In Their Child’s Education? - K12 Education - Bethesda-Chevy Chase, MD Patch

The well known author and professor of sociology, Toby Parcel opined that the involvement of both family and school are important for a child’s academic success; however, the involvement of family is of course of greater importance. The parents’ involvement matters a lot if the child / children are young enough. The importance persists till the child comes of age at least up to degree level study. Many research studies are underway while many others have already been done about the parents’ involvement in the child’s education. Current educational practices and policies uphold the issue of supporting parental involvement in a massive way. Educators learning to evolve as technology, social media changes teaching. Top 10 Ways to Improve Reading Skills. Practutor helps students practice to achieve excellence - PracTutor - Blog. On June 2, 2013, inspired computer science graduate Hardik Parikh and team launched the first version of PracTutor.com.

This was the fruition of sixteen months of discussion, planning and execution. Report: 72 percent of Texas 4th-graders can’t read well. 3-step plan to speed up student learning: Column. Unique learning tool launched - PracTutor - Blog. Math and English has always been problem subjects for the students. Some children dread the subject so much that they fall ill at the time of exams. At times even dedicated efforts of the teachers fail to make children come out of this fear. Understanding this plight, on June 2, 19.32 hours Practutor was opened for registration. Since then, more than 5000 people have registered on the site. The main idea behind Practutor The main idea took roots during a coffee table discussion almost one and half a year back.

Help where it is needed the most Each student has his own strong points and shortcomings. Hot Tips To Reinvent Education. By EDITOR Transcript This is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I’m Michel Martin. Cool Math Games For Kids: 130 Mobile Games From Educational Site Compatible To Kindle Fire HD, iPad, Android Tablets; All Ads Donated To Charity. Illawarra kids get to play in the dirt while learning.

Port Kembla teen Steve Dimeski could be inside watching TV, playing Angry Birds or checking Facebook. Instead, he is spending his school holidays in the garden, getting his hands dirty. “I love the garden, and getting to do a bit of physical work,” the 13-year-old said.”It’s more fun than sitting on the computer.” He is spending the day at Warrawong High School’s student garden, as part of a holiday nature program.

But he’s the exception to the rule. Planet Ark’s Missing Trees report revealed 28 per cent of children have never planted or cared for a vegetable garden; 31 per cent have never planted or cared for trees or shrubs; and a quarter of children spend less than two hours a week outdoors. A Study of How Race, Gender, and Disability Affect Teacher Recognition. 10 Ways to Motivate Students: Infographic. EmPower with E-Learning solutions: E-Learning courses : Empower with our ProductsemPower eLearning: Bolstering Security Education. It is always found that physicians, physician assistants, nurse, nurse practitioners and other health professionals frequently encounter work related safety and health question while they are on their job.

The present article will enlighten the readers with adequate information and resources and help the clinicians with adequate knowledge about OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration). The article discusses about all types of ethical, clinical and regulatory issues. All most all the relevant issues such as specific occupation, hazardous exposure, occupational health topics and specific industries have been discussed about. Mission mode of OSHA The mission of OSHA is to ensure safe and healthy working conditions for both women and men by the development, settlement and enforcement of standards, in addition to providing training, education plus outreach and compliance assistance. The law ensures safe workplace for the employers. Are Education Standards for US Student’s Education Adequate? Launching PracTutor. What started as a seed of an idea over a coffee table discussion about 16 months ago have taken the shape of a product.

Montclair Parents Wanting Education Reform Through Petitions and Opt-Outs. An Essential Element of 21st Century Teaching - PracTutor - Blog. Best iPad apps for Kids. Five Steps to Creating Your Ideal Digital Learning Plan. The Rise of Online Education. Disruptive Education Trends That Address American Inequality. An Essential Element of 21st Century Teaching Part II - PracTutor - Blog. Alabama Education Association Wants Kids in Failing Schools. The Future of Teaching and Learning Will Always Need the Humanities. Fox Regular: Public School Teachers Don’t Care About The Kids. 3 Learning & Development Movements You Need to Watch - PracTutor - Blog.

The world is experiencing massive changes in eLearning, so the related craze for it is increasing accordingly. Many social learning platforms are making the eLearning environment better accessible and better manageable. The mobile phones are no more the simple phones; they are the smart phones with multi utilities and many attractive features. Switch to Common Core curriculum is a tough but necessary step toward better public schools.

What Do Kids Really Learn From Education Tech? 20 Digital Learning Day Activities For Your Classroom. Digital Learning Day aims to change education’s direction. Grading Our Schools. Conceptual strategies to change the way students express learning. Increasing student confidence and being a motivator is a core and a vital part in being an honest teacher. Dragging learning into the digital age. How to Develop Vocabulary in Students? When it comes to expressing ourselves, it is the fluency over our language of expression that makes the major difference whether what we are saying is perfectly put across or not. And so as to interact with maximum precision, it’s quintessential that our vocabulary is strong. Most of us learn the basic words and expressions of our mother tongue simply by listening to the interaction between our elders and – others in our circle.

10 Quotes To Live By In The Year 2013. Learning to code: do I need to be good at Math? Do you regularly use the cool software or play games like ‘Angry birds’ or watch animated movies like ‘Ice age’, ‘Shrek’, ‘Cars’? Do you use Xbox, or Wii or Playstation? Chances are you have done one or more of these things at least once or more times in your life. All these animated movies, games, consoles have one common thing, Software Code.

Daunting Division. Cal reaches out to low-income high school students « Digital Education. SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Brigeneau was at a high school in San Jose Friday to promote his university. The goal was to connect with students from low-income communities to make sure they know, if they get in, the financial resources will be there. How to motivate a child? Every child is special and are gifted with some unique qualities. Some of these qualities are evident; some come to the fore as the kids start growing into their teens. And while they grow, they carry some dreams inside them. These dreams and desires are usually influenced by the surroundings. It can be a television show of Ben 10 or a movie of Spiderman, or a sportsperson like Kobe Bryant and sometimes even their parents or grandparents. Psychological impact of grades on a student. Practutor is an adaptive learning platform to.

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Quote of the day!! - K12 Education Community. Math Puzzle: Number with direction - K12 Education Community. Fun with English!! - K12 Education Community. Difference between than and then!! - K12 Education Community. See the difference!! - K12 Education Community.