Vra vir Susan: Roetine, Roetine, Roetine
Hulle is nou 6 jaar oud en in Graad 1 en dit word nou ’n nóg groter probleem, want soggens moet hulle 07:15 in die kar wees anders is hulle laat vir skool. My middae is ’n nagmerrie en teen vroegaand is ek uitgemergel. Wat doen ek om hierdie twee in ’n roetine te kry sodat dinge normaal kan verloop?
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Maak Jou Kind Só Lief vir Lees en Leer
“Ek haat lees! Ek wil nooit weer in my lewe ‘n boek lees nie!” Dis nie woorde wat ouers wil hoor nie, veral nie ouers wat die waarde van lees besef nie. Die kans dat ‘n kind wat sukkel met lees van lees sal hou is klein. Die eerste stap is dus om seker te maak ‘n kind kan goed lees, en ook met begrip....
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Watch! Edublox Dubai (Video in Arabic)
The Edublox Dubai clinic is situated in the cosmopolitan Jumeirah Lake Towers district of Dubai. Former English teacher and franchisee of the Dubai clinic, Majd Atassi noticed a gap in the market for educational intervention programmes...
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Vra vir Susan: Die Belangrikheid van Lees
Lees is die belangrikste vaardigheid wat ‘n kind op skool moet verwerf, want hy leer om te lees met ‘n bepaalde doel voor oë: sodat hy kan lees om te leer. Om behoorlik te kan lees, is dus die grondslag van, of voorvereiste vir, leersukses op skool en...
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Edublox Annual Client Survey Results 2016 In a Nutshell
For the last seven years, Edublox has conducted an annual online client survey to help us measure our performance as a business and the quality and results of our educational programmes.
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Kids Should Pay More Attention to Mistakes, Study Suggests
At Edublox learners have always been encouraged not to shy away from their mistakes, in fact they are taught "you may make mistakes, just try your best and then correct your mistakes." Now research suggests teachers and parents should help children pay more attention to the mistakes they make so they can better learn from them, as opposed to shying away from or glossing over mistakes.
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The Role of Working Memory in Reading
The term working memory was coined in the 1970s by two researchers named Baddeley and Hitch, referring to the ability to temporarily hold several facts or thoughts in memory while solving a problem or performing a task. An important and consistent finding is that working memory problems interfere with reading comprehension.
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The Real Facts About Your Child’s IQ
IQ stands for Intelligence Quotient. But it is debatable whether IQ tests really measure intelligence (or whatever it is we mean by “intelligence” — psychologists have been divided for years). IQ tests do not take into account aspects such as creativity, artistic or musical talent — a child can most certainly be “gifted” without having a high IQ....
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Child Gets Good Report Yet Cannot Read, Cannot Do Maths
Johnny's teacher is happy about his performance in reading and maths. She awarded him a 6/7 for reading and a 7/7 for maths on his year-end report. Johnny's parents should be proud... The truth is that Johnny's parents are becoming more and more unsettled. If Johnny's reading is considered to be good, why is his younger sister's reading so much better than his?
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Our Senses Can’t Learn Under Stress
When we train them, we can sharpen our senses thereby improve our perceptual performance. The stress hormone cortisol completely blocks this important ability. In the current issue of Psychoneuroendocrinology neuroscientists of the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) report on this finding.
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