AJ Tutoring blog - The Learning Curve

While giving praise to students of any age seems like an overwhelmingly positive thing, it is important that we know the best practices to effectively give praise, or it can actually backfire. Building confidence and showing an appreciation of a student’s efforts is a huge part of steady. ...

I tend to fidget. I fiddle with my pens, bounce my knees, and doodle while listening. When I was in school, I resisted my fidgets as much as I could. In fact, the only times my fidgeting really got me into trouble was when I would get caught playing with beeswax under my desk or drawing in the ...

Four Stages of Learning We all like to think of ourselves as active participants in our lives. We make decisions from sun-up to sun-down: when to wake up, what to eat for breakfast, what email to answer first, what podcast to listen to on the drive home. However, the uncomfortable truth is ...

How to Get Your Mind to Read If you have a child who can technically read but who struggles to make sense of what they're reading, this article is for you. Reading for understanding doesn't just require sounding out words on a page - it also requires having enough factual knowledge to fill in. ...