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studyloft.com Introduces eTutoring Service; Solves Students' #1 Problem.


CHICAGO -- With fiercely competitive academic environments and demanding homework assignments, college students looking for more personalized educational support now have a new source of help: studyloft.com, a 24/7 online tutoring service connecting students with qualified eTutors in real time from the privacy of their dorm room.

studyloft.com's state-of-the-art eLearning technology and team of professionally trained and experienced eTutors provide students with individualized tuition so that they truly learn the material. From anywhere with Web access and at any time, studyloft.com gives students the personalized help at the precise moment of need, which is essential to the learning process.

studyloft.com currently offers tutoring in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math (all the way to Calc (tool, mathematics) Calc - An extensible, advanced desk calculator and mathematical tool written in Emacs Lisp by Dave Gillespie . Calc runs as part of GNU Emacs. You can use Calc as only a simple four-function calculator, but it also provides additional features including choice of algebraic or RPN (stack-based) entry, logarithms, trigonometric and financial functions, arbitrary precision, complex numbers, vectors, matrices, dates, times, infinities, IV), Statistics, Economics, and Accounting, with additional subjects to be added soon. studyloft.com offers three services: ChalkTalk -- 1-on-1 tutoring; GroupChalkTalk -- Group tutoring of up to 5 students; and HomeworkHelp -- Step-by-step instructions to solve difficult problem sets.

"I vividly remember the pressures of college. studyloft.com was created to help college students succeed and maintain academic integrity with discretion and 24-hour availability. It makes academic success just a few clicks away," said Bikram Roy, Principal of studyloft.com.

Dr. Ken Gattis, Executive Board member of the Association of Tutoring Professionals and producer of the Productive Tutoring Techniques tutor training video series, designed the studyloft.com eTutor training program. "Research in tutoring shows that, other than subject area expertise, training is the most critical factor in achieving success in a tutoring program," said Gattis.

studyloft.com provides students the 1-on-1 tutoring they need to achieve success in the collegiate classroom. With 24-hour availability, studyloft.com is revolutionizing the way students study by offering on-the-spot, step-by-step assistance, which greatly enhances student performance. studyloft.com's virtual classrooms are equipped with all the necessities to provide optimum learning: choice between voice or chat (IM) interaction, file sharing, whiteboard, and access to the powerful technical application, and webMathematica, which allows tutors to compute and visualize results to students with 3D charts and graphs. webMathematica is a product of Wolfram wolf·ram (wlfrm)
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For additional information and a demo of the services, visit www.studyloft.com.

About studyloft.com

studyloft.com is a 24/7 eTutoring service that combines state-of-the-art eLearning technology and first-rate eTutors comprising a global community of graduate and PhD degreed instructors in their respective subjects. studyloft.com also fosters a creative atmosphere where students have the opportunity to learn and grow through various forms of creative expression: music, art, entertaining content, and community. studyloft.com is owned by a privately held Delaware company named BK Development, LLC. More information about studyloft.com is available at www.studyloft.com.
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