Blog Posts tagged R

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5 Ways to Encourage Learning At Home

by Sara Vazquez Shaw

For most children, school and home are two separate entities. To them, one likely involves a locker, backpack, and textbooks, while the other may mean downtime, video games, and snacks. However, it can be important (and even entertaining) to bring the learning environment into the home for your chil...

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How to Improve Communication During a Group Project

by Sara Vazquez Shaw

When you have a group project at hand, you want to be able to effectively communicate with everyone in the group. Here are a few tips for improving communication among members of a group during a project to ensure your project's success:

Have the right team

You need to choose the right people to w...

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5 Things You Shouldn't Do on Test Day

by Sara Vazquez Shaw

Not many events in life induce the amount of stress like academic tests can. At the thought of taking a written exam, palms moisten, hearts quicken, and fingers suddenly lose control of writing utensils. Whether it's a mock or the real thing there's no reason to let test day get the better of you.

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5 Tips for Using Prezi in Presentations

by Sara Vazquez Shaw

Speeches and presentations are already nerve-wracking, and without good visuals, they're practically an obstacle course of awkward fumbling. Prezi, an amazingly intuitive PowerPoint alternative, offers students a clean, simple way to tell their story and guide audience members to a conclusion. Here ...

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Using Myers-Briggs to Explain Different Learning Styles

by Sara Vazquez Shaw

It is a fact that all students not only learn differently but also perceive information differently. As a student, it is important you understand how your personality traits affect how you learn as well as how you behave.

Learning styles are defined as the methods through which you acquire, perceiv...

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