by Nepean Tutoring | Education, Motivation
Do You Set New Year’s Resolutions? If you’re anything like me, my new year’s resolutions are usually phrased like ‘get better at X’ or ‘do more of Y’ or ‘don’t do Z’. These goals are well meant, aimed at helping me to grow into the happy, confident and... by Nepean Tutoring | Education, Maths Tutoring
What is number sense? Number sense is the fundamental skill that all mathematical learning rests upon. In short, number sense means understanding how the basic rules of numbers work. Unless you’re a teacher, it’s not unusual if you haven’t heard of number sense. We... by Nepean Tutoring | Education, Literacy
What do you think of when hear about ‘literacy’? Most of us associate literacy with the ability to read words, but that definition only scratches the surface of what literacy really is. As a tutor, when I teach literacy, my job is to teach more than just reading... by Nepean Tutoring | Education, learning difficulties
When it comes to receiving educational support, students with specific learning needs are often left behind. There are a myriad of reasons for this including a low classroom resources or a lack of support staff at school, to the student masking their struggles to fit... by Nepean Tutoring | Education, Healthy Minds, Motivation
High school students know the struggle of time management all too well. Throughout primary school, we managed our home readers, maths worksheets and the occasional poster or diorama without thinking about it. All of a sudden, we reached year 7 and we’re expected to... by Nepean Tutoring | Education, Exams, Motivation
What if I told you that there is more to exams than striving for a certain grade? Many students, particularly studious HSC candidates approaching their trial exams, would be astonished to hear this. Actually, they probably wouldn’t believe it at all. That’s not hard... by Nepean Tutoring | Education, Motivation
Ah, half-yearly reports. Some students are thrilled to see their achievements praised by their teachers. For others, it’s a time of dread where they feel like they don’t measure up to expectations. For both groups, learning to receive constructive criticism is a... by Nepean Tutoring | Education, Healthy Minds
Since the iPhone brought the internet out of cyber cafes and into our pockets, our worlds have grown smaller. We might think that increased access to Google means that we’ve become more curious, but curiosity is actually more about the questions we ask than the... by Nepean Tutoring | Education, English Tutoring, Writing Skills
You might have heard the saying that people remember: 10% of what they read 20% of what they hear 30% of what they see 50% of what they hear and see 70% of what they say 90% of what they say and do. These percentages, represented visually in D.G. Treichler’s Cone of... by Nepean Tutoring | Education, English Tutoring, Writing Skills
It is a common misconception that since calculators are used more often in schools and since calculators are freely accessible on our phones (and even our watches!) that learning multiplication times tables by heart is as outdated as an accountant using an abacus. It...