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How tos for the learners and the learned; tips and tricks to help you study effectively, survive your school years, impress your teachers and more.
Accommodating Different Learning Styles
If you’ve spent any amount of time in a classroom setting, you probably know that different students have different learning styles. Some are more visual learners and need things such as pictures or charts to properly grasp a concept, while others can learn something if they are told about it in a lecture. Others still are more tactile learners who need to actually perform a physical task to understand what is being taught. Naturally, you’ll see several different learning styles at once in the same classroom, so you need to learn how to accommodate these styles if you want to reach your students. Here are some tips that should help you.
By David Beskar4 years ago in Education
Teaching Children to Read and Write
Teaching Children to Read and Write By: ChildrenLearningReading.com Most parents, at one point or another, frets over the education and the development of their children. Many concerned parents research and seek information on the topic of teaching children to read and write. I for one, am glad to see so many parents wanting to get an early start for their children in reading and writing, because studies have shown that developing these abilities early on before entering school provides numerous benefits and advantages later on as the child progresses through school.
By Abhijeet Pandey4 years ago in Education
Teaching Phonics to Children
Teaching Phonics to Children By: ChildrenLearningReading.com Phonics is a necessary part of any good method of teaching children to read. Teaching Children phonics and helping them develop phonemic awareness is the key to mastering words, which is the first key step toward successful reading. Children need to develop a knowledge of the letters, the sounds represented by the letters, and the connection between sounds created by combining the letters where words are formed. This is an essential part of mastering reading, and enabling children to become independent readers. By learning phonics and phonemic awareness, children gain the ability to pronounce new words, develop clear articulation, improve spelling, and develop self-confidence.
By Abhijeet Pandey4 years ago in Education
How to Teach Your Baby to Read
How to Teach Your Baby to Read By: ChildrenLearningReading.com Teaching your baby to read is becoming a more and more high priority for parents now as it becomes clear that learning to read at a young age offers numerous advantages for the child once he or she begins school. Studies have consistently found that teaching a baby to read and helping children develop phonemic awareness well before entering school can significantly improve their development in reading and spelling. However, when it comes to teaching babies to read, there are two main teaching methods.
By Abhijeet Pandey4 years ago in Education
How to Teach Phonics and Reading For Children
How to Teach Phonics and Reading For Children By: ChildrenLearningReading.com Teaching children to read by teaching phonics activities is a lot like doing math, where you have to know what the numbers are, how to count, and you need to learn to add and subtract before learning to multiply and divide. Teaching phonics to children is no different where you follow a step by step approach by first teaching the child the alphabet letters and phonics sounds, and then teaching them the combination of different letters to create different words, and using words to form sentences. It is a very logical and sequential buildup of phonics knowledge and reading ability.
By Abhijeet Pandey4 years ago in Education
How to Help Your Child Learn to Read
How to Help Your Child Learn to Read By: ChildrenLearningReading.com The ability to read is vital for success. It helps your child succeed in school, helps them build self-confidence, and helps to motivate your child. Being able to read will help your child learn more about the world, understand directions on signs and posters, allow them to find reading as an entertainment, and help them gather information.
By Abhijeet Pandey4 years ago in Education
How the Skills You Nurture Can Make You a Better Human
What is considered a skill? Is it something you’re born with, something you nurture? I, Dr. James Goydos, am a senior surgical oncologist, a former tenured professor of surgery and tumor biology, I have three patents, and I ran an NIH-funded research laboratory for 15 years. One could say I do have some skills. However, I don’t consider any of these accomplishments particularly noteworthy, as I enjoyed all of these activities and have a knack for this type of work.
By James Goydos, MD4 years ago in Education
14 Ways to Immediately Improve Your Communication Skills
It’s no surprise that poor communication is at the root of so many problems. Effective communication skills are not taught in school; instead, we must learn them from the people around us. Unfortunately, we are prone to developing negative habits unless we are fortunate enough to be surrounded by exceptional communicators. So, let’s get started. The following are the most important, yet often overlooked, communication skills:
By Claudiu Cozma4 years ago in Education
How to Restore MySQL Database from SQL Dump File in Linux?
In the events like MySQL server crash, database corruption, and data loss, you can restore the database and recover its data from its most recent backup. You can create a dump (backup) file using mysqldump utility. By default, the utility writes the data as SQL statements that can be used to recreate the original database.
By Robin Shanab4 years ago in Education
The Not-So-Hidden-Secrets of Public Libraries for Booklovers
Public libraries are amazing institutions. You can check out books, use computers, and just visit and hang out, all completely for free. But many book lovers out there are not using their local libraries to their full potential.
By Margery Bayne4 years ago in Education
