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Season 1 Episode 230
The various versions of high school admissions tests may be even more confusing than those for college or graduate school. For the first in a series …
4 years, 7 months ago
Helping Teens Find Motivation And Insight
Season 1 Episode 229
Most parents and educators seek to become the wind filling their children's proverbial sails, but unwittingly become hurricanes driving them way off …
4 years, 7 months ago
The Value Of Experience In Teachers
Season 1 Episode 228
When Kant asserted that experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play, he might have been talking about…
4 years, 7 months ago
Strategies For Selecting A College Major On Time
Season 1 Episode 227
The college experience is influenced not only by choice of major but by when that major is chosen. Amy and Mike invited educator Lisa Marker-Robbins…
4 years, 7 months ago
How To Build Relationships With Colleges
Season 1 Episode 226
When a highly selective school receives ten or more times as many applications as available seats, the applicant pool seems like an anonymous, homoge…
4 years, 7 months ago
Calculator Usage On The SAT and ACT
Season 1 Episode 225
A calculator on a high stakes test fits the classic definition of a double-edged sword: formidable in the hands of an expert but a liability for thos…
4 years, 8 months ago
Alternatives To Multiple Choice
Season 1 Episode 224
While standardized testing and multiple-choice items tend to go hand in hand, there's a whole world of innovative assessment options beyond the class…
4 years, 8 months ago
Getting Ready For Graduate School
Season 1 Episode 223
For many students, acceptance to college represents the last set of academic admissions hoops they'll ever need to jump through. A whole new circus, …
4 years, 8 months ago
Do Colleges Care About Their Applicants?
Season 1 Episode 222
College applicants are often asked to demonstrate levels of interest that imply devotion, reverence, and unshakeable commitment. But do all schools r…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Benefits Of Joining A Fraternity
Season 1 Episode 221
Fraternities seem synonymous in the minds of most Americans with the classic college experience. But are the preconceived notions of these groups alw…
4 years, 8 months ago