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Why learners should be teachers
  • Calendar May 21, 2020
  • User Jared Wells
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Teaching is a fantastic way to verify learning I learned more math working here at Wells Academics in my senior year of college than I learned in my years earning a Mathematics degree at UCSD. Why? Because there is no better test of how well you understand something than having to teach it to someone else. I remember when I started here at Wells Academics, Jared asked me what levels of math I was comfortable with. “All levels” of course! Read more
“Garden path” sentences and the SAT/ACT English
  • Calendar Feb 26, 2020
  • User Jared Wells

The old man the boat. Does that look like a complete sentence to you? Probably not. Surprisingly, it is! This[...]

What parents need to know about their chidren’s screen time.
  • Calendar Feb 26, 2020
  • User Jared Wells

I had always thought of myself as someone who had a high level of awareness of how I use technology.[...]

What parents need to know about their children’s screen time.
  • Calendar Feb 26, 2020
  • User Jared Wells

I had always thought of myself as someone who had a high level of awareness of how I use technology.[...]

Early preparation ideas for the SAT/ACT
  • Calendar Feb 13, 2020
  • User Jared Wells

“When should my son/daughter prep for the SAT/ACT?” The best time to prep for the SAT/ACT for most students is[...]

The PQRST Study System
  • Calendar Feb 13, 2020
  • User Jared Wells

“I don’t know why I did so poorly on the test. I did the reading, and I knew it all!”[...]

What makes students successful?
  • Calendar Dec 20, 2019
  • User Jared Wells

We’ve all had teachers whom we could tell were subject matter experts, but couldn’t communicate well, or frankly didn’t care[...]

Making the most (academically) of Winter break
  • Calendar Dec 20, 2019
  • User Jared Wells

With Winter break coming up, students are hopefully going to get some well-earned rest. But that doesn’t mean that there[...]

What to learn from a poor test grade
  • Calendar Nov 07, 2019
  • User Jared Wells

We’re starting to get calls from parents about unexpectedly poor grades on a test or quiz. And while students and[...]

The power of plugging numbers in
  • Calendar Sep 20, 2019
  • User Jared Wells

One of the biggest differences between studying for a math class and preparing for the SAT is that, in a[...]

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