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 that learning multiplication times tables by heart is as outdated as an accountant using an abacus.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...
