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Managing Test-Taking Anxiety: 5 GAMECHANGING Tips

May 5, 2025 No Comments

There are many reasons students may have test taking anxiety. Lack of understanding concepts, feeling uncomfortable under pressure or inability to focus are just some of the potential reasons. Tapping into the source of the problem is simply the first step in solving the student’s anxiety. Once discovered, students need to be taught coping mechanisms to manage anxiety in testing environments in order to reach their full potential.

AP Exams Are More Important than Ever: 5 Preparation Tips

March 25, 2025 No Comments

With so many students taking AP Exams, they have become a de facto opportunity for colleges to even the playing field when comparing students’ academic profiles. And, since many students are opting out of taking SATs and ACTs, AP Exams offer a more targeted approach to assessing college readiness.

AP Exams are graded based on a student’s mastery of the subject matter. Therefore, effort in class and participation does not count on AP Exams. The objective nature of the exam, graded on a five-point scale, provides extremely useful information for admissions offices.

How to Read: 5 Ways to Boost Reading Comprehension

January 13, 2025 No Comments

To learn, students must read. Reading is essential to academic success because it enhances and improves vocabulary and critical and analytical thinking skills. Reading fosters imagination, helps students become more empathetic, and empowers students to better understand our interconnected, global society, providing them with insights into different cultures and perspectives. Enthusiastic, engaged readers are more engaged students and tend to have stronger social skills. So, while reading is fundamental to learning, students must have strong reading comprehension skills to ensure that they are fully understanding what they read.

GAMECHANGER Tutoring Connection offers 5 ways to boost students’ reading comprehension.

Posture: 5 Keys to Successful Studying

January 2, 2025 No Comments

Posture isn’t just critical to an athlete’s or dancer’s performance. It is vital for everyone in their daily lives, especially children. Studies have shown that better posture improves coordination, efficiency, endurance, mood, concentration, and confidence. It supports better breathing, vision, digestion, and overall enhanced health. In other words, if we assume poor posture it will have negative effects on our health, all our body systems, mood, concentration, coordination, and confidence.

Encouraging Future Voters: 5 Lessons to Teach Kids about the Importance of Voting

November 4, 2024 No Comments

History demonstrates the importance of participating in the democratic process of voting. Teaching your kids to use their voice and exercise their constitutional rights is a vital lesson for kids of all ages. Kids should learn that they will have a voice in choosing both local and national leaders; voting is the most powerful opportunity American citizens have to impact our democracy. Not everyone in the world has this right – it’s an opportunity – and kids should understand that if they lived in other parts of the world, this right wouldn’t necessarily be available to them.

Here are 5 lessons kids should learn about voting….

So, Your Child is Neurodiverse…5 Ways to Help Them Find Their Superpowers

November 3, 2024 No Comments

The way we address our children, their neurodiversity, and their challenges can influence how they see themselves. Their differences do not mean they are broken. In fact, sometimes these differences can serve as our children’s superpowers.

5 Fit-Tastic Ways to Keep Children Active as this Fall

September 17, 2024 No Comments

Being physical is more than participating in sports. Kids who don’t crave competitive sports can find ways to be active in a manner that is

5 Things Helpful Suggestions for Parents Managing their Child’s IEP Meeting

September 6, 2024 No Comments

An Individualized Education Program (IEP) is an annual written plan that outlines the services and support a child with special education needs will receive from their

5 Reasons Children Should Get Lost in Books This Summer

May 13, 2024 No Comments

Keeping your child’s mind active throughout the hot summer months requires a bit of imagination and encouragement. The easiest way to keep your child engaged throughout the summer is to make sure that they are reading – a lot.

Reading is one of the most apparent indicators of a child’s academic, intellectual, social, and emotional strength. Here are GAMECHANGER’s 5 reasons that children should spend time reading this summer.

Pursuing Passions: 3 Ways Chess Changed My Life

April 29, 2024 No Comments

Guest post by Evan Rabin of Premier Chess.

As you progress through high school, you develop your interests and figure out how you want to spend your time. For me, chess became a passion, and I became extremely involved in the competitive chess community. As a result, chess was a big part of my story when I applied to college.

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