May 2012
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Tip of the Week
Find out what your entire final exam schedule is so that you’ll know how many finals you will have on each day. Make a schedule for yourself indicating when you will study for each test.
Happy learning!
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Local schools help students improve ACT scores
St. Dominic High School officials give credit to their students for working hard and showing commitment to achieving higher test scores. School officials also give credit to their partnership with St. Louis Learning for students receiving scores up to three points higher on the ACT. The positive results and feedback from parents, students and school officials has led other schools to seek our...
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Tip of the Week
Center your attention on your students strengths! Give praise for all gains not just good grades.
Happy learning!
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Curiosity
Never lose it, if you have it. Gain and cultivate it, if you don’t.
For students of any age, curiosity is at the heart of learning. If you find yourself asking a lot of questions during class, when you read, or just out and about; if you have an insatiable appetite for reading about things you just wanted to learn about that weren’t on your assigned reading list; you are a curious...
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ACT Crash Course
ACT Crash Course with St. Louis Learning
The June ACT is quickly approaching! Is your student needing a higher score?
St. Louis Learning is offering 15 hours of prep the week before the test! Come join us June 4th - June 8th from 12 to 3 to learn specific testing strategies for the English, Math, Reading and Science portions of the ACT.
Cost for the course is $265, which includes a...
Tip of the Week:
Depending on what courses you are taking, some important exams are coming up. Try to divide your study time up into more manageable chunks. Study for twenty minutes per day for the next couple of weeks, instead of three hours a night for the last few nights before the exam.
Happy learning!
April 2012
15 posts
Don't Be Afraid of Smarter Kids
It’s tempting to shy away from peers who are more capable than you. They are the ones that get better grades, have all of the right answers, and even write funnier stories in your composition classes. These kids should be your friends, or at least you can be around them. One of my favorite teachers said, “If you want to get smarter, surround yourself with people smarter than...
Interesting Post Giving Tips on Studying
Studying can be a daunting task that is required from every student, unless you are the one who has a photographic memory and a genius level IQ. The fact of the matter is that learning is hard work and is often a lonely enterprise. Certainly it can be fun. Engaging new ideas, a great novel, and unlocking a formula can be exhilarating. Nonetheless, it requires discipline and a work ethic to plow...
Tip of the Week
Are you struggling in any of your subjects? Talk with your classroom teacher and discuss strategies that might be helpful.
Charter School Closing in St. Louis City
All six Imagine Charter Schools are being being closed. The decision was made by the Missouri Board of Education. They will provide two job fairs for these teachers and staff, and some of the teachers will most likely be hired by other local schools. However many of the Imagine staff are concerned that there are not enough positions to take them all. My question is what will all of the students...
A Few Students from Wash U Changing Education...
I just read this interesting blog post from Forbes about a relatively new company who built a website that helps teachers and students. The system allows teachers to share content with other students and other teachers. Teachers can also host discussions, add media, and show assignments. This tool leverages the power of social media, technology, and content sharing. Recently they’ve been...
Tip of the Week
Try to do your homework earlier in the day. If you wait until just before bedtime you will feel rushed and your brain will be tired after thinking all day!
Do Students Really Have Different Learning Styles? →
Very interesting little article about learning styles. We at St. Louis Learning Center are always looking for new ways to educate students.
infoneer-pulse:
Learning styles—the notion that each student has a particular mode by which he or she learns best, whether it’s visual, auditory or some other sense—is enormously popular. It’s also been thoroughly debunked.
The scientific research on...
Creativity in Teaching
The other day I was sitting down with some friends and chatting, and they told me that they randomly discovered that their child’s teacher knows me. She teaches in St. Louis and has been their kid’s favorite teacher. I told them that I definitely know the teacher, and that we went through K-12 together. After we had a couple of “That’s crazy” and “What a small...
Art and Education
Just read an interesting article on this subject:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cafe-mcmullen/arts-education_b_1400142.html?show_comment_id=147787150#comment_147787150
It is true that decision makers for the educational system are cutting arts programs. Of course we can understand the reality of budgetary contraints, however at what cost? Researchers are finding that people who have an...
Lessons from Abroad: One Laptop per Child... →
Education needs to be personal. This critical to true learning. It takes teachers and tutors taking the time to understand a student in order to teach them. Here is an interesting post about leaning too heavily on technology in order to educate.
lessonsfromabroad:
One Laptop per Child, the American-based charity that distributes laptops to children in developing countries, failed to raise...
Tip of the Week
We are going to start providing tips every week.
We know that ACT is coming up. Here’s a tip that will help on the day of the exam. Good luck everyone!
TIP:
When taking the ACT remember to relax, eat a good breakfast, drink some water, bring a watch and a calculator!
Measuring Learning?
I just read an interesting post on measuring learning.
Here is a link to the post: How Do You Measure Learning?
How do you measure learning? We have standardized tests that can only determine the future of a student. However, there are some debates on their ability to provide accurate readings of how much a student knows and understands.
We in St. Louis love our families and want to provide...
Great SAT/ACT Last Minute Preparation Advice
A top tutor from Maryland decided to retake the SAT again and give helpful advice from her experience. These tips are very practical and helpful for anyone taking an test like the SAT.
Click the link to view the post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-retaking-the-sat-changed-prep-tutors-view/2012/03/12/gIQADimTFS_blog.html
We at St. Louis learning wanted to pass this...
March 2012
3 posts
St. Louis Education Gets Great Rankings
We love seeing great news about St. Louis schools. We read this article that talkes about our business schools getting ranked in the top 50 (to read article click here). St. Louis certainly has two great universities. Congratulations to St. Louis University and Washington University.
Improve Your ACT & SAT Scores
Calling all St. Louis students who need to prepare for the ACT and SAT. St. Louis learning has a 100% success rate. That’s right. 100% of our students have seen improvements in their scores. Some have added 11 points to their score. Do you need to get a better score on your ACT or SAT? If so, sign up with St. Louis Learning. Our rates are affordable and our classes are helpful. Each session has...
Education a Great Weakness In Our Country’s...
There was a recent article in Bloomberg stating that education is a great weakness in our country’s security. The article can be found below: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-19/news-corp-s-klein-calls-education-gravest-u-s-security-risk.html The government is trying to find ways to legislate innovation in the educational system. The fact of the matter is that most students need supplemental...
