Basic Skills Resources (page 6)

I believe that at the heart of all teaching should be the learner. All students come to the learning situation with their own background knowledge and experiences. As a teacher it is ...

Have you ever been in the position where you have painstakingly researched your essay, spent hours in the library or online piecing together your information, certain you have the cor...

You have reached that point in your life where you are 17-18 years old and everyone around you is talking about university. Your grades are good and your teachers are suggesting yo...

If money was not an object - would you be doing the same as you are doing now? Doing the same course, working in the same job, even living in the same place. For about 10% of today s...

If you CAN enjoy learning, it is a SKILL you can keep for life. If you CAN enjoy picking up a book or some other way of getting deeply involved in new information, it will take you a ...

It`s all about the exams, at the end of the day. Although, I think it is very important to enjoy learning, and I will always endeavour to impart this, there are also exams to pass. ...

Over the years I have come to learn something extremely useful in the course of my own studies regarding learning itself; it is largely method, and not simply outright intelligence th...

1) Use active note-taking - Don't just copy slides, write work in a way that is interesting to you. 2) Keep calm - You're going to be a bit anxious durring exam periods, performan...

Organic Molecules . Organic molecules contain carbon and hydrogen atoms . Both atoms can form hydrocarbon chains and rings . The four major classes of organic molecules: carbohydra...

ATTENTION AND CONCENTRATION . Be certain that the child is giving complete attention before giving instructions (see 'good listening' below. . Be conscious that your rate of speec...