http://www.thehomeworkspot.com Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:14:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Revision is a massive part of getting by at school. Techniques to do with revision are definitely worth honing, because they will come in handy in later life. If you are going to college and university, then you will definitely need to be able to revise effectively in the future. ... http://www.thehomeworkspot.com/take-revision-techniques-with-you-into-work-or-further-education-80 It is surprisingly good how little quizzes are at helping people to learn. Lots of kids enjoy quizzes when they are young because they find it fun to exercise their brains. That’s why so many board games are centred on trivia. It is possible to incorporate quizzes into learning for school. ... http://www.thehomeworkspot.com/using-quizzes-as-an-education-technique-78 Effective learning is all about making connections between pieces of information. It isn’t enough for most kids just to read through bits of information hoping to retain it for use in exams. A good way of bolstering revision techniques is to make visual connections as well as written ones. By drawing ... http://www.thehomeworkspot.com/visual-and-audible-connections-in-learning-76 There is a lot of advice out there for parents telling them what they should and shouldn’t provide for their child school lunch. Sometimes, the amount of advice can be overwhelming leaving parents unsure as to what to do for the best. Many parents even find schools interfering when they tell ... http://www.thehomeworkspot.com/what-to-put-in-your-child%e2%80%99s-packed-lunch-box-73 We all know that when children are happy and engaged within an activity they learn more. A recent study has suggested that gardening makes children happy and that this in turn boosts their development. The study carried out by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) looked at 10 pupils and teachers from ... http://www.thehomeworkspot.com/gardening-makes-children-happy-71 Our UK universities are always striving to be the best, especially when it comes to competing with the best overseas universities such as Harvard and Yale. However money is needed to do this, and that money often comes from the students. This is becoming even harder and harder as living ... http://www.thehomeworkspot.com/universities-and-funding-68 The new Chancellor has had to make some unpopular decisions in this year’s budget as the government try to pay off their debts. Next in line for spending cuts could be Education as George Osborne announces that there could be up to 25% of cuts in this area over the ... http://www.thehomeworkspot.com/25-spending-cuts-in-education-66 The England Football team had a terrible World Cup Tournament this year. You can criticise the players, the management or the strategy but ultimately we just don’t have enough English talent rising through the ranks. Many have also put it down to the culture of this country. Many schools over ... http://www.thehomeworkspot.com/school-olympics-to-be-launched-in-uk-schools-64 In my Mother's generation, learning to cook was the main output of a girls education (although my Mother even went as far to learn how to teach Home Economics!). In this generation, Food Technology (as it is now known) is considered a bit of a coasting lesson,  fills in the ... http://www.thehomeworkspot.com/food-technology-a-good-class-or-a-waste-of-time-62 Just over 40 years ago, 14,000 British children, aged 11, were asked to write a 30-minute essay on were they aimed to be as a grown up. Now in their early 50's, these people have been asked to review and comment upon their essay, and how closely they have managed ... http://www.thehomeworkspot.com/when-i-am-older-i-will-have-59