Science Fair Projects – An Important Part of Science Education

The classroom experience is an important part of the way a student learns new material, but it is by no means the only part. In the rush to make sure that students are properly educated, it is easy to get caught up in the more obvious, typical, ordinary aspects of learning and to forget about […]

Exciting Career Prospects in Vedic Maths

Vedic Mathematics as a career has beautiful prospects. In this 21st century we are seeing India as an emerged super power whereas the United States and United Kingdom are fighting recession. There are job losses in these economies which mean parents have a difficult time dealing with their student’s education in these countries. Math tutoring […]

Summer Reading – Good For High School Students?

School always has been, and always will be, an absolutely critical aspect of children\’s lives. If they are not able to go somewhere every day to learn the skills they need to be successful in the real world, then they will be at an extreme disadvantage for the rest of their lives when it comes […]

Summer Assignments – Too Much Work For Students?

The question of best practices in education always has been, and likely always be, quite a challenging one. There are a thousand different ways to approach the task of teaching children, and we can the evidence of that throughout all the states of the Union and all the countries of the world. However, through all […]

Classroom Cheating – Why Students Do It

Cheating in school is one of those things that really had no place in the earliest learning institutions, because there would have been no point to it. If you go all the way back to the time when tutors would teach individuals or small groups about what was known about the world at the time, […]

Advanced Placement Program – Are AP Classes Good For Students?

The purpose of education is very important, and it is also fairly obvious to most people who take the time to stop and think about it: education serves to provide information and training to people, young and old, that will help them throughout the course of their lives. Although this is fairly obvious, in this […]

Classroom Experiments For Elementary School

The classroom is one of the most important places that children will spend a significant amount of their time. It stands to reason, then, that you want that classroom to be a fascinating, interesting place where children will enjoy being, so that they can get the most out of their educations and apply those skills […]

Open-Book Tests – Useful in High School Classes?

As any society evolves, changes, and (hopefully) improves, its various institutions and internal structures must, of course, develop and improve as well. This is certainly something that we see in the world of education all the time. With new theories about teaching and learning, new approaches to education, and of course emerging technologies, there is […]

Teacher Evaluations – A Curse or a Blessing?

Teaching, as a profession, can be a lot of things. It can be exciting, challenging and rewarding, but it can also be demoralizing, frustrating, and just plain exhausting. However, it is almost always stressful. After all, being largely responsible for the performance of dozens–sometimes hundreds–of students is a quite demanding for anyone. Add to that […]

5 Concepts of Video Game Design

Going to sleep with the tune of your latest favorite computer toy floating around the corners of your mind may sound familiar to you. If your hands are starting to develop a death grip from hovering your fingers over a mouse and your back is stiff and sore from hunching over the monitor, you may […]