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| Library offers free online tutoring Posted: 17 Aug 2010 08:18 AM PDT By David Vitrano L'Observateur LAPLACE – One of the time-tested methods of aiding a child who is struggling in school is through tutoring. The intensive, one-on-one sessions can be very effective, but unfortunately, they can be very expensive as well. A new offering of the St. John the Baptist Parish Public Library System offers all the benefits of a personal tutor without any of the cost usually associated. Area residents will have the opportunity to get help with their classes through Tutor. com, an online tutoring tool.Offered through the state library system, the free service provides a live — via computer — one-on-one tutor in a wide variety of subjects. "It's a live tutor," said Roberta August, library supervisor. "The tutors help them walk through the process." To take advantage of the service, students can access the site either at the library or remotely, provided they have a St. John library card. To access the site remotely, users can visit www.stjohn.lib.la.us. There they can click the link to the state library site. Another link will take them to Tutor.com. Tutors are available in math, science, social studies and English for fourth- through 12th-grade students. They can also help with many standardized tests and lower level college courses. Students can access tutors 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and the tutor will remain in the session as long as help is needed. Free demonstrations are available at all parish branches. Tutor.com took the place of Brainfuse's HelpNow!, which was only accessible for a few hours in the evening. It joined other online academic help sites available through the library such as Learning Express, which offers practice tests for everything from the ACT to the U.S. Citizenship Test. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Tutoring services available for students Posted: 16 Aug 2010 11:28 AM PDT You might be a genius at school. You might be able to sit through a math lecture and understand theories with ease. You might be able to write a perfect A paper on your first try. Not everybody is a genius though. Most students need some help with classes at some point. Whether you're a freshman or a graduate student, it's important to know where to find the help when someone needs it. Check out these tutoring options that KU has to offer. Tutor groups Patricia Noteboom, assistant director of the Academic Achievement and Access Center, said students pay $75 per course to be placed in a tutor group of no more than four people, but one person is enough to get a group going. The tutors are KU students who have been approved by the center. Students arrange the meeting time and place and can request a tutor through the first ten weeks of the semester. The Center is located on the first floor of Strong Hall. Help rooms The Math Help Rooms, located in Snow and Strong Halls, cater to students who need assistance with specific math courses. Students come in with their questions and calculators and are helped by instructors or, in some cases, student assistants. The rooms are open five days a week and students can walk in anytime. Ben Tannenwald, a senior from Overland Park, is one of the student assistants who work in the Math 002 and Math 101 Help Rooms. "If you come in here and you really want to learn, then you'll get a lot out of it," Tannenwald said. "It's cool to see students get better and pick stuff up, but frustrating when students come in and they just want to be shown how to do it. There's a lot available if you really want to learn." Writing Center The Writing Center offers students a chance to bring in their papers at any point along the writing process. From outline to final draft, the graduate and undergraduate students who work as writing consultants will talk you through ideas and work on parts that the student is concerned about. Terese Thonus, director of the writing center, said this last academic year, more than 2,000 students visited the Writing Center. Consultations are free. Office hours This may seem like an obvious suggestion, but a professor's office hours can often be a useful tool for studying. Office hours vary for each professor and most professors are open to making appointments. Laura Vinci, a senior from Lincoln, Neb., used office hours before most big assignments. "My professor was really helpful because he used his office hours to actually comment individually with me about my writing style and to make sure I was following the assignment requirements," Vinci said. "I liked getting the feedback from him on my work because it would either steer me in the right director or assure me that I was being successful." Professor of African Studies Beverly Mack said she helps two to a dozen students during her office hours every week. — Edited by sean Tokarz This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2010 01:42 PM PDT CHIPLEY — T.J. Roulhac Enrichment and Activity Center at 651 Pecan Street in Chipley will offer after school tutoring Monday through Thursday from 2:30-5:00 p.m. The program will begin September 7. Please call now to register your child at 638-2115. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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