Clayborne Education » News http://www.clayborne.com Personal, Proven, Professional Tue, 01 May 2012 21:38:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Distance Tutoring via TutorTrove http://www.clayborne.com/http:/www.clayborne.com/tutortrove http://www.clayborne.com/http:/www.clayborne.com/tutortrove#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:16:48 +0000 admin http://www.clayborne.com/?p=90 The Whiteboard, powered by TutorTrove, enables expert test preparation to be done from any computer.

TutorTrove’s Whiteboard is an exciting new application designed to enable students and their tutors to connect via the Internet. GRE, GMAT, and SAT students can write equations and draw graphs, complete with plotted points. LSAT students can upload test pages and work together with their tutor to break down logic games or the formal logic inherent in many logical reasoning questions.

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]]> http://www.clayborne.com/http:/www.clayborne.com/gre-vocabulary-approaches/feed 0 Helpful Links for Students http://www.clayborne.com/http:/www.clayborne.com/helpful-links http://www.clayborne.com/http:/www.clayborne.com/helpful-links#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:05:02 +0000 admin http://www.clayborne.com/?p=182 The Internet contains a wealth of information relating to test preparation and other educational pursuits. Here are some of our favorites:

Academic Tutoring/ Homework Help websites:

www.Math.com – This website has all kinds of math practice problems, calculators and tools, a worksheet generator, and more. It’s a great resource for Math enrichment for middle schools and high school. It also has advice about standardized test prep and links to study tips.

www.homeworkspot.com – This website directs students to different websites based on topic that can provide useful homework help. For example, if a student needs help with Poetry, it directs them to a glossary of poetic terms and poems.

www.factmonster.com/homework – At this website’s homework center, you can find helpful articles and information on every subject for middle school students.

www.khanacademy.org – This not-for-profit website promotes education worldwide.

Math sites:
www.purplemath.com

www.mathalicious.com

Standardized Tests:

www.princetonreview.com – GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, SAT, and ACT test prep company.

www.collegeboard.com – SAT and PSAT official website.

www.testprepreview.com – This website offers free online test practice and information about each individual standardized test.

PSAT:

http://www.nationalmerit.org/nmsp.php – This website is the website for the national merit scholarship corporation and demonstrates the benefits of taking the PSAT.

ACT:

www.actstudent.org – This is the official website of the ACT where students can register to take the ACT and view scores.

SAT:

http://sat.collegeboard.com/home – This website offers practice, test information, and registration for the SAT. There is also a helpful link: SAT for Educators that will help educators understand the SAT better.

GRE:

www.ets.org – The test maker’s site; has all kinds of helpful information, including downloadable software with practice tests and review questions.

www.greguide.com – This website has helpful information about the GRE and free online practice tests.

www.greprepinfo.com – This website has detailed information about taking the GRE and links to GRE practice.

GMAT:

www.mba.com – The test maker’s site, as well as the clearinghouse for all things MBA. This site also has test preparation software that the test taker will find quite valuable.

LSAT:

www.lsac.org – While not overflowing with helpful test preparation material, this site does offer some practice questions and practice LSAT from June 2007 (without experimental section).

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