Students, Parents and Teachers of TTLG, could use a wee bit of your help! - by Yakoob
Yakoob on 12/5/2012 at 00:29
So the small company I have been working for for the past two years has finally launched our website (yay \:D/), and we are in the testing phase, looking for people to give it a whirl and provide feedback. While any TTLGers are more than definitely welcome to sign up, what I wanted to ask you is if you area ware of any student/parent/teacher online communities and resources that may be good to contact regarding looking for testers.
I've been doing lots of googling, finding great sites like CollegeConfiential, The Student Room, JustUsParents, Chronicle etc. We are not gonna do a spam but contact the site owners/moderators first since we are not some scummy little company and have a legitimately good product. So if any of you know relevant forums/blogs/sites we could tap it into, it would be MUCH, MUCH appreciated.
Now, for the actual spiel of our site in case any of you are interested:
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Looking for beta testers to help students
* Overcome test taking anxiety
* Improve test scores
* Master study skills
Wisdom of Learning is a brand-new, interactive online program with proven methods to overcome test anxiety. It guides students as they learn skills for creating exceptional grades and test scores. While many other programs concentrate on improving specific subject skills, such as writing or math, Wisdom of Learning's unique focus is on universally applicable learning skills that result in highly motivated and efficient learners. Our extensive experience and research have shown us that by becoming skilled and confident, students can quickly improve their academic and testing performance. Our public website has just launched, and we are currently looking for participants in our Beta Test Program.
As a participant, you will have full and immediate access to our comprehensive academic skills assessment, ongoing progress feedback, and research-proven interactive learning methods for overcoming testing anxiety and perfecting essential study skills. Included audio recordings will help you relax your mind and body. Also part of the program is a library of encouraging videos from exceptional student mentors, providing numerous unscripted real-life examples of how to quickly focus on areas of greatest need and maintain motivation as you progress. The flexible design and online availability are ideal for individual use, allowing you to move at your own pace in a location of your choice. Convenient lesson plans, along with consistent progress tracking and feedback, encourage you along a clear path for developing powerful academic skills and confidence.
You can learn more about the program, walk through a tour, or take the free evaluation by visiting our website: (
http://www.wisdomoflearning.com) http://www.wisdomoflearning.com
MODS: I do not intend for the above to seem like spam and just included it if anyone is interested, hopefully this is not an issue! I can remove it if requested.
BrokenArts on 12/5/2012 at 02:46
I don't know of any sites. But I do have some teachers in my family, they might know. I could ask them. Wish I could help, reading what is offered sounds great. My daughter sometimes suffers from anxiety while taking tests, she freezes! I wish you the best in finding more sites, and I hope it works!
Vivian on 14/5/2012 at 08:39
I know a lot of PhD's trying to learn a broad spectrum of things (a lot of remedial maths, for instance - biologists trying to learn mechanics after, typically, an entire career of sums avoidance). So if you are interested in feedback from adult (hah, well, supposedly adult), highly motivated learners, I could shop it around. Hell, I could give it a shot myself - I'm still trying to learn algebra, calculus and frequency stuff (don't even know what that field is called - hilbert transforms etc). Only problem is, formal tests aren't exactly a large portion of research. How much is your companies method aimed at test-passing?
In fact, my lab is currently running a pedagogy journal club! Would you be interested in having a round-table of junior scientists reviewing your method for a couple of hours, then giving feedback? It would fit in pretty neatly.
Koki on 14/5/2012 at 10:57
How does one learn learning skills without learning skills?
Yakoob on 13/5/2012 at 19:24
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I don't know of any sites. But I do have some teachers in my family, they might know. I could ask them.
Definitely would appreciate (I showed it to my sister who teaches linguistics and she thought it was quite nice). We are definitely planning to reach out to teachers, as those are usually first-in-line to identify struggling students and having an extra resource to give them is always goo.
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Wish I could help, reading what is offered sounds great. My daughter sometimes suffers from anxiety while taking tests, she freezes! I wish you the best in finding more sites, and I hope it works!
Sounds like exactly the reason we built our program! If she is over 13 feel free to register her, the subscription is free while we are testing right now. Hope it proves helpful!
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I know a lot of PhD's trying to learn a broad spectrum of things (a lot of remedial maths, for instance - biologists trying to learn mechanics after, typically, an entire career of sums avoidance). So if you are interested in feedback from adult (hah, well, supposedly adult), highly motivated learners, I could shop it around. Hell, I could give it a shot myself - I'm still trying to learn algebra, calculus and frequency stuff (don't even know what that field is called - hilbert transforms etc). Only problem is, formal tests aren't exactly a large portion of research. How much is your companies method aimed at test-passing?
Definitely, please do, adults and professionals either studying for higher level test (GMAL / LSAT or more) or going back to school are part of our audience. In fact, we acknowledge those will probably end up being more interested than a typical college kid, as they take their studies more seriously.
As for as test-taking, the general Study skills cover things like effective note taking, reading, time scheduling, even cramming when you are in a pinch. We also have a whole separate section specifically aimed at test-taking anxiety and overcoming it. Our program is not subject-specific however, it deals with study skills and anxiety more holistically.
And do feel free to give it a shot too; as I said it costs you nothing at this time (we don't even ask for a credit card or anything like that :) ) Let me know what you think!
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How does one learn learning skills without learning skills?
Oh crap.... I think you just found a massive hole in our system :eek:
Jokes aside, the program is structured to be as easily accessible as possible, with combination of text, videos, mentor stories, progress-tracking worksheets and even daily learning plans to assist. Of course, you can use as much of these as you want, or none at all, and you are free to jump around the chapters as you please. As one of our catchphrases goes - "learn only what you need, when you need it."
So far our feedback has been actually really positive, with many people surprised at the results they were getting, which is quite encouraging :D
Yakoob on 13/5/2012 at 19:25
what the heck my reply someonehow showed up BEFORE your last two posts??? well in any case scroll up !
EDIT: apparently according to TTLG, After may 14th comes may 13. Or maybe the universe is collapsing so time is reversing...
