Heads Up for UPCAT Test Takers! The UPCAT on Aug. 4 and 5, 2012 includes essay writing.
Prepare for an essay writing section this weekend! For the first time ever, the University of the Philippines College Admission Test scheduled on August 4 and 5, 2012 will have an essay writing section. This is certainly a big surprise to many students, some of whom...
Stuck on a Math Problem? Just Get Going!
For the past 10 minutes, you’ve been reading and re-reading the Math problem assigned by your teacher. As you stare at the blank piece of paper, you get a sense of overwhelming dread. If you’re experiencing some kind of Math block, then we’ve got the solution for you:...
Active Reading Strategies
Faced with a formidable reading list, it’s all too tempting to just skim through passages or worse, Google summaries of a specific work of literature or particular topic. While shortcut techniques such as these may save you on studying time, it may not help you...
Practice Makes Excellent!
If you want to get better in math, then you’ve got to keep one thing in mind: practice makes excellent. Aside from absorbing information, one of the best characteristics of the human mind is that it can be trained to retain information. Sometimes, it’s not...
Ready for UPCAT! AHEAD Tutorial & Review Center Conducts Refresher Course at the MOA
AHEAD Tutorial & Review Center recently conducted an UPCAT Refresher Course aimed at refreshing the minds of students who took the UPCAT review last summer. Held last July 15, 2012 at 1 Esplanade, SM Mall of Asia Complex, it was attended by almost a thousand...
Help Your Child Create an SAT Study Plan
If you’re thinking of sending your child to college abroad, then it’s time to help him get started on his SAT review. The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is a standardized test taken by students who want to be admitted to colleges and universities in the United...
Test Your Subject Mastery
Want to make sure that you have completely understood a Math concept? Try explaining it! Solving a Math problem on paper is different from explaining it before a live audience. That’s because speaking in front of a group of people requires two types of...
Winners of AHEAD’s T-shirt Design Contest
How Kids Can Get Sleep Before The Big Exam
Going to sleep can be difficult especially when you are anxious about getting a good score for a test the next day. Whether it’s out of excitement or nervousness, your mind gets so busy thinking about the next day that your body tends to stay alert longer. Being...
You Can’t Teach What You Don’t Know
By instinct, you know when there’s something amiss with your child: the untouched meal, silence at the dining table, and the crumpled math test paper in the trash bin. Your child may be trying to hide his frustration, but you’ll find out soon enough that he’s having a...