You may not realize it, but you already know enough to help your vocabulary grow exponentially. English is a language based on Latin, Greek and Germanic prefixes, suffixes and roots. If you understand the meaning of these word parts and how they fit together, you have the tools to understand hundreds of thousands of other words….
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SAT vs ACT
Is it better to take the SAT or the ACT? The SAT tests aptitude in three areas of knowledge: mathematics, reading comprehension and writing & grammar. There are 10 sections to the test, three in each area of knowledge and one experimental section that could be any subject but doesn’t count toward your score. The test…
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Learning styles
Researchers such as Howard Gardner have suggested what some parents have long suspected: There are very different learning styles and students learn in different ways. The spatial/visual learner learns from what is seen, especially diagrams and pictures. The linguistic learner remembers what is read or spoken. They usually perform well in traditional academic settings that…
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When do you need to call a tutor?
The answer is more complicated than it seems. It depends in part, on whether the academic difficulty has appeared just recently or has been a problem for a long time. In other words, has he or she always had problems with a subject such as math or reading, or is it a recent, perhaps subject…
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Why college bound students need critical thinking skills
Critical thinking skills are essential life skills; the more selective colleges seek out students with critical thinking skills because they know how to learn. Employers recruit such students because they have demonstrated a capacity Critical thinking is a form of metacognition: thinking about thinking. Critical thinking means moving from thinking concretely about a topic, such as family,…
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