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Tutor Doctor St. Louis at Baby Kid ExpoApril 26th, 2010Tutor Doctor had a booth at the Baby Kid Expo on April 10, 2010. We met so many new faces and had some really great conversations. The Baby Kid Expo exposed Tutor Doctor to many new people who didn’t know about our wonderful services in the St. Charles and St. Louis Counties and their surrounding areas. If you are looking for a tutor, give Tutor Doctor a call (636) 357-4500 or visit us on our website www.tutordoctorstl.com or visit us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/#!/TutorDoctorSTL
Tutor Doctor at Baby Kid Expo April 10, 2010April 6th, 2010Tutor Doctor St. Louis Attending Baby Kid ExpoSaturday, April 10, 2010 is the fourth annual Baby Kid Expo at the St. Charles Convention Center from 9 am to 4 pm and is free to all attendees. This year will be even more fun than last with games, performances, speakers, and seminars as well as hundreds of exhibitors. Tutor Doctor St. Louis is very excited to be attending this year, it will hopefully help us introduce ourselves to people that have never heard of our company. Getting the word out about what we do is very important to us and we are dedicated to providing the best one-on-one, home-tutoring service in the St. Louis and St. Charles County areas. If you are going to the Baby Kid Expo, but sure to look for us. We will have face painters there from 11 am to 3 pm, so come by and check us out. It should be tons of fun and we hope to get to know some new faces while we are there. MAP Testing – Tutor DoctorMarch 4th, 2010MAP Testing Coming UpFor those of you that are teachers or know teachers, you know that the MAP is a very important indicator that the government uses to measure student learning and success. Each state has their own goals and indicators of how well their schools are doing and Missouri has some pretty high standards. This, of course, causes some stress in the education community. If your children are in school, you have undoubtedly already received notice that MAP testing will begin soon and what to expect in the days of preparation. How Can I Help My Child Do Well On Tests?Here are a few suggestions for parents who want to help their children do well on tests.
As a parent, you cannot control everything when it comes to your children, but what you can really might affect your child’s success on these types of tests. According to a study by the U.S. Department of Education, nearly 90 percent of the difference in eighth-grade mathematics standardized-test scores can be attributed to parental control over three factors: school attendance, varied reading materials at home, and regulated television watching. So keep being a parent and do what you can to help your child succeed in school. If your child struggles when it comes to test-taking, call Tutor Doctor for a free, in-home consultation. Our tutors can help your students improve their test scores! Call Tutor Doctor 636-357-4500 or visit our website at www.tutordoctorstl.com. St. Louis Virtual TutoringFebruary 4th, 2010New Virtual Tutoring Company in St. LouisA recent article by Jane Coaston in the education section of stltoday.com touts the success of a new, local virtual tutoring site. Leo Shmuylovich, with friend Josh Salcman, founded this site called Virtual Nerd. They have won some local awards through Washington University and are off to a great start. The program itself was tested on students from Chaminade Preparatory School with some success. As written in the article, “Sam Beffa, a student who tested the service at Chaminade, said the videos gave step-by-step instructions that helped him understand the topics. ‘I had a classroom at my fingertips,’ he said.” Right now the service is about $40 per month and provides only math help, with science help in the works. This site is a wonderful place to find basic information about certain types of math problems and certain equations, but it is still best to use a tutor, because they can help students solve new problems using the methods that are being taught in the classroom. Even Shmuylovich himself feels the site is great to supplement what is going on in the classroom. As he says in a comment below the article, “If you have the means and can find the right tutor, nothing beats one on one interaction. At Virtual Nerd we aren’t in the business of replacing tutors or teachers.” Article LinkIf you would like to read this article, follow the link: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/education/story/C405898D483416B3862576BE00811BF0?OpenDocument If you or your child need some one-on-one tutoring check out Tutor Doctor StL at: www.tutordoctorstl.com or call us at 636-357-4500! ACT February 6, 2010January 6th, 2010The ACT February test date is fast approaching; are your kids ready? If you find yourself or your children stressed out because of the upcoming ACT, you might want to look for an ACT tutor. Tutor Doctor is a great resource for ACT tutoring since there are several ACT tutors available who can work with your student If you plan to take the ACT in February or another time this year you must prepare, prepare, prepare. That is the hardest thing for students to understand. Cramming for a standardized test will not help compared to taking the time to carefully prepare for the test. This includes studying for the ACT; some resources are better than others. There are several “test prep books” available and choosing the right prep book for your student is critical. As part of a package with Tutor Doctor, a test prep book will be provided. If your child is taking the ACT this year, there are some simple steps you can take to help them prepare. Make sure they get enough sleep the night before, eat a good breakfast, and wake up early enough to get to the testing site on time. If your student has planned carefully, they will have studied using a test prep book and given themselves enough time to get through that book. Some students might need a couple of months and others could be prepared after 3 or 4 weeks worth of studying. That is to say that they have carved time out of their daily schedule to study maybe an hour or two a day. One of our ACT tutors could spend a couple of hours a week with your child as well, in order to better prepare them for taking the test. A lot of ACT prep is about learning how to answer ACT style questions that students might not have been exposed to in their classes. This is where Tutor Doctor comes in handy. Our tutors could make sure that your student is ready for test day by practicing for each part of the ACT and strengthening their specific weak points. We at Tutor Doctor want to help your child through this important academic milestone with our one-on-one in-home tutoring and qualified tutors. Please call us at 636-357-4500 or visit our website at www.tutordoctorstl.com. Amber Alesi: amber@tutordoctorstl.com Learning Styles Series: How to Help Your Student Succeed – Tutor DoctorOctober 23rd, 2009St. Louis Tutor Doctor – Learning Styles SeriesEducators and parents know that all children can learn, each in his or her own way and in their own time. This is true, but the “own way” and “own time” can be frustrating to decipher. As education, becomes more open to diversifying instruction, the reality of each student succeeding, becomes a reality. Determining a student’s strongest learning style has become a means to this end. In the past 10 to 14 years, much has been written about learning styles. Research has verified the existence of strengths and weakness in student’s learning. Although, much as been said about multiple learning styles format, most researchers and educators use three areas of strength:
As an early classroom teacher, it is very helpful for me to discover how each student I work with learns. Most children and, for that matter adults, learn through a combination of learning styles, making it easier to be in a multiple learning styles situation. Some individuals have one learning style that is much stronger than the others. Basic learning styles:
Discovering your strongest learning style will help you succeed. Tutor Doctor can help you assess your learning style and put it to use in your learning. Call Us Today – St. Louis or St. Charles Counties 636.357.4500 Maureen Murray-Barthelme Homework HassleOctober 12th, 2009Students of all ages have returned to school. There are many common characteristics of “going to school” for all ages, but the most dreaded is often HOMEWORK!!! An organized approach to homework and some forethought will help lessen the hassle. It provides:
A few hints can also make homework easier for everyone involved.
Parents should not spend the small amount of time that they have with their child each day arguing over completion of homework. When homework completion becomes a struggle between parent and child, another approach needs to be looked at as a solution. Conferencing with the classroom teacher may make the parent aware of gaps that the child has in academic knowledge or perhaps, the child takes longer to complete written work and a modification of the amount of homework could be made with the teacher. If the homework hassle, indicates that a child is struggling with an academic area, assessments should be considered and extra support could be indicated. Maureen Murray-Barthelme |
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