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Comment on Attention Deficit Disorder or Simply Poor Concentration Skills? Part 2 by Martina

Martina — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:47:35 +0000

Thank you for your comment.

We have some great tips that your son and his teacher can try implementing in the classroom.

Check out our downloadable PDF on our ADHD page

Additionally, if you need further ideas, visit your local centre. They can perform an academic assessment for you can create a program that will help teach learning skills that might help you avoid the need to medicate your son.

I hope that helps.

If you have any more questions, please feel free to email me directly

mlavoie@oxfordlearning.com

Regards,

Martina

Comment on Attention Deficit Disorder or Simply Poor Concentration Skills? Part 2 by Help Please

Help Please — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:00:57 +0000

Hi,
I don’t know where to start. My son is 11 years old, and since grade R teachers tell me that my son is very bright but has a concentration problem and that he could do much better. Since grade 3 things got very bad. He is a very good boy, he even told me that he has been trying hard to pay attention, but he is struggling with that, he takes longs to do everything, even to eat. The teacher just told me now that he needs to take some medications, what I don’t feel right to give to him, I am really worry about, I am not even sleeping properly because of that. I didn’t want to give him some medication. I really would like some advise on that.

Comment on Trick Your Brain Into Being More Productive by Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:52:03 +0000

I find this article very relevant! It does feel good to check things off of my to-do list and I sometimes rationalize finishing the “easier” tasks first even though they are not top priority.

One think I try to do to limit distractions while I’m working it to make sure I don’t have my phone with-in arm’s reach. If I have to stand up and get it, it makes me think twice before answering that email or text.

Comment on Freezing on Exams – 5 Tips by romaric

romaric — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:36:52 +0000

Thank you very much. it happened to me today while i was writing my c.a exam in history and i was wondering about myself. i will now follow the procedure to activate learning.

Comment on The Homework Debate – Is It Time to Get Rid of Homework? by rachel

rachel — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 06:00:39 +0000

When I was in school I had home work and some of it was very legitimate and
helpful. If the class was going to discuss chapters the teacher didn’t sit
there while we read, we read it for homework.
I spent many nights memorizing vocabulary, practicing math, and all of that
was helpful.
That being said 10 minutes and night per grade leaves a 12th grader with
2 hrs of homework every night. Add to that most high schools have a different
teacher for each class, many teachers do not communicate with each other, and
don’t factor in the time spent on long term project into the 10 minutes
and the student ends up with 4 hrs.

In college I was told to spend 3 hours out of class for every hour in class.
I wondered more tha once if the educators that trotted out thatline FAILED math!
Even if this was not applied to elective classes most college students have
minmum 4 core classes english, math, science, history. Many have more, but
best case scenario – 4 classes at 3 credit hours a week each,
That is 9 hours of homework each week for each class. 9 hrs a week x 4 classes
is 36 hrs. A student could study 5 hours 7 nights a week and still not get in
the 3 hours for every one in class. And taking 4 core classes a semester the
student will be in college for 6+ years!

Comment on Does Media Use Harm Children’s Classroom Performance? by Gunjan Meher

Gunjan Meher — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 10:54:06 +0000

It depends upon how the student uses the source. Nothing in the world exist with only a Positive remark or a Negative remark. If he only uses it for entertainment purpose, then it will only help him in wasting time. But, at the same time if he uses it to gain some knowledge then it will be a better use of it. Everything has a Limit,One should not cross it. Anything in excess is a bad thing. Peace ^_^

Comment on Blended Learning and Classroom Technology by Click Here

Click Here — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:10:23 +0000

You make a great point. Got some nice info here. I think that if more people thought about it that way, they’d have a better time get the hang ofing the issue.

Comment on Parent Question: How Do I Help My Four-Year-Old Become a Reader? by How Do I Help My Four-Year-Old Become a Reader? | Blog

How Do I Help My Four-Year-Old Become a Reader? | Blog — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:21:41 +0000

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Comment on Freezing on Exams – 5 Tips by Bloss

Bloss — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:50:58 +0000

Hi I recently did my a level for history it is my most favourite subject I had been rivising for moths before hand and during the exam I froze, all of my knowledge went out the window along with how to actually answer the question, I’m getting really worried because it keeps happening, just today I did a mock exam in history and I froze again I keep asking for help but no one seems to understand my problem and their methods of how to solve don’t seem to working

Comment on Math is stupid. I hate it. by Azadeh

Azadeh — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:59:22 +0000

Mathematics is a base for some subjects such as Physics and chemistry in higher secondary and above. There are children who really struggle with math and need to be helped. These children fear it and almost hate it.