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There was a small article in a magazine I was reading a while ago that discussed how to “foster a love of reading” in your child. The ideas were the usual–you know, read together, choose books that your child will enjoy at their level, listen to audio books, re-read favourites, read aloud to your [...]
Do Multiple Choice Tests assess the students’ understanding and knowledge of the concepts or their skill in the English language–their semantics?
I have spent more time assisting clients in the “in’s and out’s” of navigating multiple choice questions than almost anything else in the testing situation. Many post secondary schools use this form of [...]
This issue just keeps coming back–again and again and again—-why can’t students in Secondary and Post Secondary schools get to keep their exams, and in many instances their tests?? Even worse,most post secondary schools simply give back marks–that’s it. How is a student supposed to improve, if they don’t even know what went wrong [...]
In my blog, a few entries back, I wrote about how important it was to develop self esteem in your child–and I truly do believe that. However I should clarify what I mean by self esteem–or actually, what I do not mean.
Self esteem does not mean simply feeling good about yourself, although that [...]
I read a lot–everywhere I go I either bring reading material with me, or read the material that is available. So just recently, I came across two bits of rather interesting information.
One was that hot cocoa can be used to help your child concentrate during challenging tasks especially cocoa having a high cacao [...]
Finally there has been a revolution of sorts–a revolution against those absolutely ridiculous comments on report cards (I live in Ontario, however this may also be the case with your educational powers that be).
Over the years, our Ministry of Education has taken it upon themselves to “streamline” those comments so that no matter [...]
A new school year is beginning, so a client asked me what is the one thing that she could do that would help her son be more successful in school. My reply–help him to develop his self esteem–his self confidence. Understanding yourself–appreciating yourself–liking who you are–being comfortable with that–is absolutely key to success [...]
I attended a conference this weekend entitled–well the title of this post. The keynote speaker was child and adolescent Psychiatrist Dr. Jean Clinton an international advocate for children’s issues. The dynamic and often lightly humorous talk dealt with brain development in early childhood. Much information was presented, however what really stuck with me [...]
It’s heartbreaking when you hear your child say that. You just want to make them feel better, to erase that negative thinking, so many of us do what we think will help–we praise our children–”You are such a good athlete!”–”What an artist” etc.
We praise the end result, we praise the accomplishment, we [...]
With all the additional schoolwork kids have nowadays, should they even be involved in extracurricular activities? Shouldn’t all their energy and focus be on their schoolwork, since there is such competition for post secondary school spots? Are extracurricular activities in the least bit necessary? The answer is–they absolutely are important and most necessary!!
Extracurricular activities boost [...]
