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Ann Dolin, M.Ed. is the President and Director of Educational Connections. She holds a B.A. in Child Psychology/Elementary Education and a Master's degree in Special Education, with a concentration in Learning Disabilities, from Boston College.
After leaving FCPS in 1998, Ann founded Educational Connections, Inc. as its only employee with the goal of providing individualized one-to-one instruction based on each student's learning style. Today, her company employs over 100 tutors, serves the entire metropolitan D.C. area, and has worked with over 2,000 students.
Ann is a recognized expert in education and learning disability issues. She has provided testimony in trials related to education and learning disabilities. She is a member of WISER (Washington Independent Services for Educational Resources) and is the coordinator of CHADD of Northern Virginia (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder). She is also a member of the Education Industry Association, Council for Learning Disabilities, and a board member for the International Dyslexia Association. She travels throughout the D.C. Metro area presenting at parent and teacher groups on a variety of educational topics.
Learning Styles
Understanding your child's learning style will help you assist them to boost attention and grades.
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Ann Dolin: You may have heard that some children learn best by listening, some by seeing and some by doing. When children are young, they often learn best with the hands-on approach, like cutting or drawing.
Sometimes children still need to learn in a tact away even as they age. There are easy ways to continue hands-on learning such as using playing cards to practice math facts or working with scrabble tiles to practice spelling words.
Almost all learners benefit from visual clues such as written directions. When teachers have posted schedules and instructions in writing kids are more likely to understand and follow through.
You can do the same in your home, put instructions in writing using just one or two words for each direction and your child will be more likely to do it.
As children grow they become better auditory learners, but keep in mind that we remember only 20% of what we hear. However, we retain 70% of what we discuss. So encourage your student to meet with friends to form study groups.
And in the end the key is to help your child understand the way he or she learns best.
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