Resources
About Study and Exams
- Maximise the Power of Your Brain Listen to Tony Buzan explain how to create a Mind Map on You Tube. Tony is the inventor of Mind Mapping, the revolutionary thinking tool used by over 250 million people to help them unleash their mental potential.
- Exams - Studying and Reviewing with Mind Maps An overview of the Mind Map Organic Study Technique (MMOST) recommended by Tony Buzan in his book Use Your Head.
- Videojug has movies giving advice on how to plan revision, how to get the best out of your study time and the best way to approach and pass exams.
Help with Math and Science
- The Khan Academy Listen to Salman Khan explain math and science ideas in over 2000 You Tube videos. The topics are mostly around Year 11 and 12 level, but there are also sections at primary and university level. Highly recommended.
About You
Tests to help you explore yourself
The tests below may be helpful in learning about your personality, your learning styles and so on. Some of them are more fun than anything else. Avoid using the results to label yourself as 'this' or 'that' or to explain why you can or cannot do something. Instead, use the results to help uncover the real you, to help you understand how we all appear to be so different, and yet are so similar.
The two halves of our brains cooperate by agreeing that one of them will be in charge. On many jobs they take turns being the boss, handing the responsibility back and forth between themselves every few seconds, minutes, or hours. This is called hemispheric dominance. Determine which side of your brain - left or right - is most dominant.
Dr Martin Seligman is director of the University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center. He studies such things as positive emotions, strengths-based character, and healthy institutions. His research has demonstrated that it is possible to be happier - to feel more satisfied, to be more engaged with life, find more meaning, have higher hopes, and probably even laugh and smile more, regardless of one’s circumstances. To measure your overall happiness try his
The Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator uses the most current and carefully researched medical and scientific data in order to estimate how old you will live to be. Most people score in their late eighties... how about you?
Other Resources
Looking for other Tuition Centre partners? Try
- Classpad Help Series a resource of movies and help sheets for both students and teachers learning to use the Casio Classpad.
- Casio Solutions - Complete support for Casio graphic calculator users, including the new Classpad CAS enabled model.
- WA Exam Papers - Ready to go, end of year exams for 11's and 12's.
- eMarkbook - Easy to use yet powerful electronic mark and grade books for teachers and colleges.
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