by Get My Grades | Oct 4, 2018 | Special Educational Needs, Students
This week is Dyslexia Awareness Week, from the 1st-7th of October, 2018. It is a week of awareness organised by the British Dyslexia Association, with Thursday 4th October marking British Dyslexia Awareness Day. This year’s theme is based around 21st Century...
by John Nichols | Sep 30, 2018 | Exams, Tuition Agencies, Tutors
Every tutor or teacher, regardless of what subject they teach and the level they teach it at, faces two important challenges at the start of any tuition programme or educational course: they must set the foundations of a professional relationship with their student(s)...
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Sep 4, 2018 | Research, Students, Teachers, Tutors
We’re not testing you – we’re helping you remember…. After each learn page on Get My Grades there is an opportunity for you to test yourself. As a researcher into learning and memory I strongly recommend that you do! And here’s why…. Some findings in psychology...
by Dr. Charlotte Forrest | Aug 20, 2018 | Research, Teachers, Tutors, Users
Why you should follow the links…. For Students You’ve sat down to use Get My Grades to learn about a specific topic e.g. Hormones and so you decide to start with ‘adrenaline’, but then you see a link to learn more about ‘the brain’ so you follow it. And from there...
by Orlagh McCarthy | Aug 20, 2018 | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Students
It may be that the summer holidays are coming to an end or perhaps you have just finished SATs and you can almost see the end of Year 6 approaching; you might be already in Year 7 or even only beginning Year 6. It doesn’t matter because having worries about what is to...
by Devante Suchit | Aug 20, 2018 | Education, Students, University
Hi, I’m Devante, and I studied a Masters in Mathematics at University College London. I now work for Get My Grades as Head of Mathematics and in this latest edition of ‘What it was like to Study…’ I’m going to tell you a little more about what it was like to study...
