“Mother hovers over me like a helicopter,” complains a teen in Dr. Haim Ginott’s best-selling book, Between Parent & Teenager. In this sentence lies the origin of the metaphor of the parent as a helicopter; ...
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to grade all schools affiliated to it. The focus will be more on quality outcome rather than infrastructure, CBSe chairman, R. K. Chaturvedi is reported to ...
Maths anxiety or maths phobia is a finely studied psychological state. As the name suggests, it is the fear of numbers. During childhood and adolescence, many of us have been victims to nightmares that haunted ...
Let’s rewind our lives and go back to those good old childhood days. Now, while you bask in the nostalgic reverie, just give a thought to whether you liked play-acting as a child? And loved ...
That there are four predominant ways in which students might learn, is a well known theory in the education sector. This, however is not to say that a student will be completely incapable of making ...
Cut-throat competition, homework pressure, assessment stress!! All this breeds fear in children, and learning comes to be perceived as enforced. Finland is one country which has managed to tackle and eliminate the problems faced by ...
In an highly appreciative move, the CBSE has taken the decision to scrap the moderation policy under which grace marks were awarded to students in exams for questions considered to be difficult. The decision ...
NextTools was conceptualised as a universal toolset that can be used by teachers to teach different concepts with ease, using graphical simulations. The new version of NextTools is characterized with improved features, filling the ...
Technology has touched all spheres of life, including education. The advent of technology in the classroom has opened new avenues for teachers to teach and students to learn. Now, teachers have varied technological resources at ...
Adolescence, generally equated with the teenage years is usually a difficult phase of life. Most adolescents live under the impression that nobody understands their perspectives, aims and aspirations; and that the older generation has no ...