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Choosing a Tutor

10 min read

September 10, 2026

Does My Child Need a Tutor? Seven Signs, and Three That Aren't

Most articles on this assume you have already decided. This one is about the decision itself: what genuinely warrants paying for help, and what usually resolves on its own.

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Teacher leaning over a classroom desk to guide a girl writing in her notebook while the boy beside her reads a different book

AI in Learning

7 min read

September 8, 2026

What AI-Powered Personalized Learning Actually Means

Personalized learning means three different things in practice, and most products only do one of them. Here is what actually adapts, and how to judge any claim you are sold.

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An open squared-paper notebook of handwritten working with earlier attempts crossed out, a pencil and eraser resting beside it on a sunlit desk

Study Skills

9 min read

September 3, 2026

Why Maths Has to Be Studied Differently

Reading your maths notes is close to useless, and most students find that out during the exam. Maths is a doing subject, and it needs a different revision method from the ones that work everywhere else.

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AI in Learning

7 min read

September 1, 2026

What Is an AI Tutor, and How Does One Actually Work?

An AI tutor is not a chatbot with a school logo on it. Here is the mechanism underneath, what it teaches well, and the parts it still cannot do.

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Student writing from memory on blank paper with a closed textbook face-down beside them

Study Skills

9 min read

August 27, 2026

How to Test Yourself Properly, and Why Rereading Fails

Closing the book and trying to recall beats rereading by a wide margin in study after study. Here is how to do retrieval practice properly, and the three mistakes that quietly undo it.

Study Skills Memory Students

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Choosing a Tutor

7 min read

August 25, 2026

AI Tutor vs Human Tutor: What Each One Is Actually Better At

Two rigorous 2025 studies reached opposite conclusions about AI tutoring. Both are correct. Here is what separates them, and what it means for a family deciding this term.

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Study Skills

9 min read

August 20, 2026

How to Study a Subject When You've Missed the Basics

When the current chapter makes no sense, the problem is almost always two chapters back. How to find the break point and close it without starting the whole subject again.

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Study Skills

6 min read

August 18, 2026

How to Study With AI Without Quietly Getting Worse at the Subject

Students who leaned on GPT-4 while practising scored worse once it was taken away. Six methods that use AI without weakening what you actually remember.

Study Skills Students Ai Study Tools

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A discouraged child resting their head on one hand over a maths exercise book while an adult's hand rests on their shoulder

Parents and Home

9 min read

August 13, 2026

Maths Anxiety in Children, and How Parents Accidentally Pass It On

A finding that surprises most parents: children of maths-anxious parents tend to learn less maths, but mainly when those parents help frequently with homework. What the research found, and what to do with it.

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The eGunas Blog: Learning, Tutoring and AI in Education

Featured Article

Does My Child Need a Tutor? Seven Signs, and Three That Aren't

What AI-Powered Personalized Learning Actually Means

Why Maths Has to Be Studied Differently

What Is an AI Tutor, and How Does One Actually Work?

How to Test Yourself Properly, and Why Rereading Fails

AI Tutor vs Human Tutor: What Each One Is Actually Better At

How to Study a Subject When You've Missed the Basics

How to Study With AI Without Quietly Getting Worse at the Subject

Maths Anxiety in Children, and How Parents Accidentally Pass It On

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