Youth

Assessment and Certification Rules and Procedures

Assessment and Certification Rules and Procedures
for Secondary Schools 2003

6.1.4 Special Assessment Conditions

(a) Candidates with permanent or long-term conditions or learning difficulties, which they believe will significantly impair their performance in specified external assessments - in particular written examinations - may apply to the Qualifications Authority to complete thos  . . . more

Game Based Learning for High School Students

Game Based Learning for High School Students

A virtual business game that begins next year and is based on the New Zealand venture capital industry will help high school students develop enterprising attitudes and behaviours, including business skills. The Venture Capital Game will also help students test their accounting and economics skills in a realistic business environment.

The initial   . . . more

Exam stress

DOs
Try to work to a revision timetable - start planning well before exams begin - your teacher should be able to help you with this.

Make your books, notes and essays more user-friendly with summary notes, headings, sub-headings, highlighting and revision cards. Try using key words or spider charts. Get tips on other revision techniques from teachers and friends - do what works for you.   . . . more

How to Take Better Notes

Rule number one:
There are no rules! Kids? minds work in different ways, and their notes should reflect those differences.

You can help your child become an independent learner -- and a great note taker -- by encouraging her to think about how she thinks. Then she can figure out the note-taking methods and tricks that will work best for her.

Set her on the right course with these four gu  . . . more

Eating Disorders: More common than we think

Eating disorders are becoming more common in today?s society. What is it like inside a head of a girl with an eating disorder and what makes this illness so frequent?

While doing research for this article a fifteen year old girl approached me and told the story of a girl who had bulimia. She asked me if I was interested in writing about her. We will call this girl Mary.

Mary then admitted   . . . more

Making the connection with Teens

Tips to get you started

Communicating with the kiddos gets more challenging as they get older. Here are some suggestions to improve your relationship with your teenager. As a natural result of following these suggestions, you will discover even more meaningful ways to maintain and deepen the connection with your teen.

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Laying the Foundation for Positive Classroom Behavior

Now, at the beginning of a new year, is the time to establish good classroom management.

Classroom behavior is one of the trickiest issues teachers face today. Disruptive behavior results in lost curriculum time and creates a classroom environment that is not always conducive to learning. One key to nipping behavioral problems in the bud is to promote positive behavior before problems arise. Th  . . . more