http://www.zooktutoring.com Zook Tutoring for one on one Math Tutoring Online Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:59:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, I'm guest posting on Mashable about why computer engineer Barbie is good for women in tech. To summarize, critics have attacked the new computer engineer Barbie as being unrealistically feminine. But did you know that the very first computer programmer was a lady? Who wore frilly dresses and ... http://www.zooktutoring.com/be-yourself-do-what-you-love-wear-what-you-want-ada-lovelacecoder-barbiemashable-follow-up/ I was so excited to discover that in Malcolm Gladwell, his recent book, Outliers, presents a bunch of new research on learning math! There’s so much good stuff in there that I can’t even begin to tell you all about it. But one thing that struck me in ... http://www.zooktutoring.com/doing-fractions-in-chinese/ I’m super excited!! Curtis Silver has posted his response to my homework help tips, “doing the math homework mind meld with your geeklet,” on Wired’s GeekDad blog!! Thanks, Curtis, for your thoughtful response! Curtis’s use of the term “mind meld” made me laugh, but also brings up an ... http://www.zooktutoring.com/geekdad-on-math-homework-mind-meld/ Back in October, GeekDad’s Curtis Silver postedabout a recent survey which found that parents would rather talk to their kids about drugs than about math and science. Some parents don’t feel comfortable explaining math to their kids because they don’t understand it themselves. Other parents, even if they ... http://www.zooktutoring.com/tips-for-how-to-help-your-kid-with-their-math-homework/ Here's a great new tidbit from my favorite magazine, The Week: If you find yourself struggling to solve a complex math problem, try working through it out loud, says Scientific American. Psychologists in Spain found that college-level math students who detailed their thinking processes aloud were able to solve the ... http://www.zooktutoring.com/when-in-doubt-talk-it-out/ I recently posted about how external rewards can destroy children's intrinsic motivation, and noted that my participation in Pizza Hut's read-a-book-get-a-pizza program, "Book It," did not interfere with my extremely strong intrinsic motivation to read. However, what actually did come close to killing my intrinsic motivation to read was ... http://www.zooktutoring.com/when-learning-feels-like-a-forced-march/ Many people find this more visual and intuitive than FOILing. I split the video into 8 brief parts. Each part features one practice problem, fully explained and demonstrated on the whiteboard. If you, your family, or your friends would like to see me make an instructional video about a ... http://www.zooktutoring.com/how-to-multiply-binomials-using-a-box/ When I had to choose a “health problem” to do a presentation on in high school, I chose Sleep Deprivation as my topic. In middle school and high school, I struggled almost every night with falling asleep, and during the school year I would battle with my Mom about ... http://www.zooktutoring.com/regain-your-sleeping-powers/ When I started working with this student, math was “almost painful” for him. He’d decided to homeschool for 11th and 12th grade so he could take time to really learn the material he was studying, instead of just getting by. He’d asked his mom for a math tutor so ... http://www.zooktutoring.com/case-study-a-homeschooler-prepares-for-the-sat/ This summer, one of my students got to go to Video Game Making Camp. My student explained to me that he wanted to make a video game where you killed vampires by throwing garlic at them. But there was no “garlic” graphic available to build into the game. ... http://www.zooktutoring.com/tiny-garlic-melons/