How to Tutor Your Own Child
Marina Koestler Ruben
Ten Speed Press, 198 pp., $13.99
Study Smart, Study Less
Anne Crossman
Ten Speed Press, 122 pp., $10.99
Marina Koestler Ruben and Anne Crossman are tutors with a mission: to write themselves out of a job by passing along the tricks of the trade. Tutors are great, they confide, but there’s no reason you can’t tutor your own kids. Heck, you can even tutor yourself! Crossman’s Study Smart, Study Less focuses on memory: how short-term and long-term memories are formed and myriad related strategies for memorization. Along with general advice about note-taking, planning, pacing and even dressing for successful study sessions, she helps high school and college students discern what kind of learners they are so they can develop their own study styles and methods. Special sections address learning disorders and putting together winning study groups.
Ruben’s How to Tutor Your Own Child equips parents to continue their roles as their children’s first, best teachers—even when calculus is involved. Tips on workspace organization, mnemonics, project management, creative use of wall space and technological resources all center on fostering home environments kids of all ages find conducive to learning.
