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Personal tutors offer professional, one-on-one educational coaching to help students improve scores and grades. Tutors can offer academic help in various subjects like English, math, and science, as well as cater to different academic levels like elementary schools students, high school students, college students, returning adult students, and those desiring to better their overall knowledge in life.

Low-performing students can benefit from tutoring one to two times a week. Tutors cannot guarantee a particular score or grade, however, studies and experience have shown that when students apply themselves and receive guidance by professional, astute teachers, they are more apt to learn and retain information.

Motivation is a key factor; one-on-one tutoring promotes motivation because the student develops a student-teacher relationship with the tutor that encourages them to want to do better. One negative reason for low achievement and the ever-increasing achievement gap is lack of time and attention spent on individual students and their unique needs.

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Test Preparation Tutoring
by M Rad

Standardized tests have plenty of resources available to prepare candidates. Test preparation tutoring programs can be found both in libraries and online. There are many forms of tutoring, such as home tuition with coaching, self-tutoring or group tutoring sessions. Selecting a test preparation-tutoring program should be based on the difficulty of the test, your knowledge levels and remaining time until the test has to be taken. Test preparation tutoring for standardized tests may be your best strategy for preparing and successfully passing an important exam.

Different forms of test preparation tutoring

Here are some of the opportunities and variations you can take when considering tutoring for a test:

· Individual home test preparation tutoring  this approach provides the user with a series of resources (either print or online), such as guidebooks and question and answer tests. Many people favor the reduced costs of this method, but self-determination plays an important role in the success of this approach. Since the individual is left with both the test taking and evaluation tasks, determination levels might drop with some people.

· Group study and mind mapping test preparation tutoring  similar to leaning in class, this classical approach also employs some modern learning techniques, such as mind mapping.

· Multiple test taking - different forms of test preparation tutoring are available for this highly popular test type. Learn how to master the question and answer approach and how to prevent your mind from forgetting essential information.

· Computer based test preparation tutoring  learning the logic and characteristics of computerized tests is essential, especially since more and more tests are presented in an electronic form.

Things to remember during test preparation tutoring programs

The single most important thing you have to remember is to keep your determination level close to maximum at all times while getting ready for an exam. The best and most sophisticated test preparation tutoring programs won t be able to replace lack of motivation, so maintaining a constant sense of hope and positive affirmation in your ideal is key to any exam success. Of course, once you are motivated, it is time for some efficient test preparation tutoring. Try to become familiar with the requirement of the exam a long time before taking it. Study while keeping in mind what environment the test will be in and what the most frequent requirements are. And when the test time arrives, make sure to let your rational side dominate the emotional one, and the end result will be a success.

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Tutoring Services: Five Tips for Choosing the Best
by Chris Robertson

Today, tutoring services abound. There are a number of tutoring center franchises that have sprung up in strip malls, online tutoring, and more traditional one-on-one tutoring. But how do you make an informed decision about which tutoring service to use? Here are five tips for choosing the best.

1. Do your research. Most tutoring services have websites, so first go online. Tutor centers should have a wealth of information available on their websites that covers everything from the subjects they offer and their philosophy of education to statements about the qualifications of their tutors and testimonials.

2. Know your goals. When selecting a tutoring service, it's important to know what you want to get out of the experience. Perhaps your child is falling behind in a subject and needs remediation with a math tutor. Maybe your child is a gifted or accelerated student and needs to be challenged to reach his or her full potential. It could be that your child needs help in test preparation in order to be ready to take his or her SATs. Or maybe you are studying for your GRE or CBEST and need the boost that test preparation can bring. Understanding your specific needs will help you determine whether or not the tutoring services under consideration are a good fit for you or your child.

3. Take personalization into account. Each person is unique, both in learning style and in what kind of tutoring is needed. For this reason, one-on-one tutoring is your best bet. In test preparation, for example, tutoring services often enroll 20 students per class. It's difficult to get the individualized attention you or your child needs with a large class.

4. Take location into account. It's important to think about where the tutoring should take place in order to reap the greatest benefits for you or your child. For many children, tutoring centers are less than ideal. It often takes children several sessions to become comfortable with the environment before they're able to take advantage of the learning opportunities. Similarly, test preparation classes may not be at a time and place that is convenient for you or your child. Most people find that one of two approaches works best: tutoring in the home or online tutoring. The familiar environment of home makes the transition to learning easy for children. Likewise, one-on-one online tutoring is convenient and consistent.

5. Look for evaluations and assessments. The tutoring service you choose should do an initial evaluation for no extra charge. This provides a benchmark by which to measure your or your child's progress. They should also offer periodic assessments to ensure that progress is being made.

People use tutors and tutoring academies for many different reasons. Ideally, though, the tutor you choose should listen to your student, be upbeat and enthusiastic, make learning fun, instill confidence in your student, and, ultimately, teach your student new learning habits so that he or she can succeed in all of his or her educational endeavors.

Chris Robertson is a published author of Majon International. Majon International is one of the world's MOST popular internet marketing and internet advertising companies on the web. Visit their main business resource web site at: http://www.majon.com (NOTE: Content article shown above may be linked and circulated freely on web sites, ezines and other publications as long as ALL article content, links and author information remain UNCHANGED in any way whatsoever.) Chris Robertson may be contacted at http://www.majon.com/directory/

When is Tutoring Appropriate? Five Tips to Help Your Child
by Chris Robertson

There is much written about the ways in which children today are overscheduled. Between school, homework, sports, dance, band, and community service projects, it's difficult to carve out even an hour a day for family time. Still, many parents find themselves considering whether or not to get tutoring for their children. It's rarely an easy decision to make, so here are five tips to help you determine when it's appropriate to engage the services of a tutor.

1. Raising Grades. Tutors can help children raise their grades. If your child is falling behind in math, for example, a math tutor can work with your child to help him or her understand the curriculum and become better prepared for class work and for tests. If your child is falling behind in several subjects, tutoring can help him or her raise his or her overall grade point average.

2. Acceleration. Tutoring can be an excellent tool for gifted and accelerated students who either need more advanced coursework or who could benefit from work with more depth and complexity. Keeping a gifted or accelerated learner engaged and interested in schoolwork can sometimes be challenging, and tutors can provide your child with the stimulation he or she needs to stay on track in school.

3. Increasing Self-Confidence. There are any number of reasons why a child may develop a defeatist attitude or lack self-confidence in an academic setting. Whatever the reason, this lack of confidence can negatively impact his or her attitude towards school, choice of friends, and grades. The right tutoring program can help your child become motivated to succeed and feel confident in his or her ability to master the class curriculum. In turn, that confidence will positively impact other areas of his or her life.

4. Instilling Self-Discipline. Children often fall behind because they haven't developed good note-taking habits, good study habits, and good homework habits. Tutors can teach your child how to succeed in school both through being enthusiastic role models and through teaching specific strategies for listening and studying.

5. Test Preparation. Today's competitive academic environment means that students must score well on tests like the SAT, ACT, and GRE in order to be accepted to the schools of their choice. Tutoring can help students both master the material that is likely to be covered on the tests, as well as teach students proven test taking skills that will ensure that their knowledge is reflected in their test scores.

If you decide to engage the services of a tutor, keep in mind that there are many different types of services available. There are, for example, franchises that require you to drop off your child for one-on-one or group tutoring. There are also companies that provide a tutor who will come in to your home for individual tutoring. Finally, there are companies that provide one-on-one online tutoring. Given most families' busy schedules, companies that offer in-home or online tutoring provide the most flexibility - and often the greatest returns - on your investment in your child's future.

Chris Robertson is a published author of Majon International. Majon International is one of the world's MOST popular internet marketing and internet advertising companies on the web. Visit their main business resource web site at: http://www.majon.com (NOTE: Content article shown above may be linked and circulated freely on web sites, ezines and other publications as long as ALL article content, links and author information remain UNCHANGED in any way whatsoever.) Chris Robertson may be contacted at http://www.majon.com/directory/

Tutoring For America's Children
by Matt Maginley

America's high schools are obsolete. By obsolete, I mean that our high schools- even when they are working exactly as designed- cannot teach our kids what they need to know today.

- Bill Gates, Chairman Microsoft Corporation, addressing the U.S. Governors 2005 meeting

An alarming statistic in American public schools is that only one out of every three ninth graders graduates with enough skills to do well in college and work. Of the remaining population, one-third of the students will drop out of school, and the remaining third of students will graduate but will not be able to handle the challenges of college and work. Research conducted by the International Mathematics and Science Study reveals that American students go from high rankings worldwide in elementary school to averaging by eight grade, and finally plummeting to the bottom by high school.

What does all this mean? Unfortunately, these low rankings mean that American students graduating from high school are unable to deal with the expectations of college and work, struggling and losing competitively to growing industrialized nations such as China and India.

Bill Gates is one of many people involved in bringing public attention to this important issue, running pilot programs in high schools, mainly in experimental schools open to Gates techniques.

Right now primarily in California, Gates was choosing schools to see if the demographic makes a difference in how the children learn, and the way the schools is designed. I had a chance to discuss learning preferences with a professional in the cognitive perception area. She also works with teachers to make them more effective, and points out that we all learn differently and there is no  one way to learn. We all agreed that it was a widely held belief that something needed to be changed in the American public school education system, and it needed to be done fast. Perhaps Bill Gates, who started on this project about 12 years ago, was heading in the right direction.

At a recent talk at Stanford University, Bill Gates talked about how we enjoyed an edge in education because we had brilliant minds come here to learn, and then provide teaching assistance. However, we have lost that edge as those minds have left the United States, and we have now made it tougher for higher education students to immigrate to the United States. There is also a burden on our school system form illegal immigrants that need to be educated.

There is a trend underway that attempts to remedy the shortcomings of the American public school system through independent and private tutoring companies located in the United States and offshore. Some of these tutoring companies, because they provide  supplemental educational services become  supplemental services providers and are recognized by the various state department of educations wind up providing services that are paid for by schools with federal funds that come from the US Department of Education. I am a parent with two children with very different educational needs. I was really frustrated when I asked my local school district to help me locate a tutor to teach one of my kids that was classified as special needs. I was told that to avoid a  conflict of interest they would have to post the opening and see if anyone responded. In the meantime I saw there were many tutoring companies offering services, and asked about them. I was told I could use them, but that the school district could not endorse any of them, or use them for this particular situation.

Then, at a parent conference with the special needs director the question came up again from someone else,  Where can I find a tutor? and the answer was the same, the school district could not recommend anyone, I decided to get the information together myself and make it available to parents.

Increasingly there are parents concerned with their children's education from the standpoint of the grades they are getting, and the effectiveness of the classroom instruction preparing them to be competitive for a scholarship and to get into the college of their choice. Tutoring is not just for remediation and  catching up . Tutoring, like coaching, is for those who want a completive edge to be able to do their best and achieve their highest potential.

The bottom line here is that both parents and teachers want to provide good education to students so that they can handle life s challenges and to achieve their best. Tutoring information programs like www.Tutorhaven.com help students overcome limitations and excel in school.

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Matthew site is for parents seeking information and education supplement information from the government for there children. Matt Maginley may be contacted at http://www.tutorhaven.com or kjservices@bcgroup.net

Tutoring Needs Are Met in the Chicago Schools
by Patricia Hawke

One of the biggest problems across our nation is large classrooms and too many students falling behind in their education. There are too few teachers for individualized instruction, and generally those parents of children who fall behind cannot afford private tutoring. They personally cannot tutor their own children, in most cases, because they either lack sufficient education themselves or are too busy  sometimes working two and three jobs to support their family.

In the fall of 2005, the Chicago schools got the help they needed in this area from the United Stated Department of Education that now underwrites the new Chicago schools A.I.M. High! program. (A.I.M. means Advancing Individual Mastery.) The program gives supplemental tutoring services after-school to low-performing students, who attend Chicago schools that have not met adequate yearly progress for three consecutive years under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.

The tutoring is held in the child s school at no cost, covering Chicago schools students in grades one through twelve. There are a maximum of 15 students for each tutoring class, and a maximum of 20 weeks of instruction per student, including 60 to 80 hours in reading and math. Tutoring teachers receive professional development and are both highly qualified and certified. Tutors are familiar with each student s particular needs, using an individualized tutoring plan that specifies achievement objectives for each student with timetables. Nationally recognized instructional tutoring materials are used by these Chicago schools tutors. Children with special needs receive special accommodations.

According to Chicago schools Superintendent Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings cut through the red tape and bureaucracy to make the tutoring program happen. Duncan expressed his appreciation to Spellings at a special ceremony in 2005, which was attended by the Secretary, Mayor Richard Daley, Senator Dick Durbin, Senator Mike Enzi, Congressman Danny David, Congressman Bobby Rush, and other city and Chicago schools officials.

Though such assistance was promised by NCLB, this extra assistance from Spellings for the Chicago schools means a win-win situation for the schools, the educators, the community, the parents, and especially for the Chicago schools students. Spellings noted that A.I.M. High! will make a huge difference for Chicago schools students in their futures  meaning there may be an opportunity to continue on to college and knowing that they will be prepared to enter the workforce with sufficient skills to be successful.

Both the Chicago schools and Spellings see this as a new opportunity for the U.S. Department of Education and school districts across the nation to work together to help students succeed in life. It is definitely a win-win situation for all concerned."

Patricia Hawke is a staff writer for Schools K-12, providing free, in-depth reports on all U.S. public and private K-12 schools. Patricia has a nose for research and writes stimulating news and views on school issues. For more information on schools visit http://www.schoolsk-12.com Patricia Hawke may be contacted at http://www.schoolsk-12.com

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