Sylvan Learning Experience

            So today, I met Mrs.Q, director of Sylvan Learning Center on Glades Circle in Weston. I decided to interview her because I wanted to keep with the theme of cognitive psychology, and speaking to a director of a tutoring company is a good way to find out about the services they offer and how they motivate the students to learn. She told me that they specialize in students grades k-12 reading,math, and study skills, fcat tutoring, sat/act/college prep for high schoolers and study skills for high schoolers. They motivate the kids by giving them tokens when ever they stay focused and continue to succeed and once they have collected enough coins, they can shop in the Sylvan store. For elementary kids, they have everything from little board games to pencils, sticker books, and toys. For the older kids, they can trade in their tokens for gift cards such as Itunes, Target, Best Buy, and even some smaller electronics such as headphones. Man, now I'm wishing I could go there; that really motivates me!