Why Online Homework Help Services?

Children learn in different ways and at different speeds. A child may need more instruction to grasp a new concept, or he/she may need help deciding on a topic for a research paper. Whatever your child needs, ample homework help resources are available to ease your worries and help your child succeed in school.

Online Homework help services provide students with gateways to education–based resources; they can find useful information by subject and grade level rather than wasting time with endless searches. For pre–school children, grades K– college level, students can access a wide variety of information on math, science, English and social studies. In addition, students can find helpful information from encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses, atlases and almanacs.

With homework help services, students learn from:

  • Articles
  • Lessons
  • Tutorials
  • Learning activities
  • Science experiments
  • Quizzes
  • Learning games

Students, who benefit from one–on–one instruction, can find homework help with an online tutoring service.

In addition, to the many student resources, parents can find articles and advice about helping with homework, state curriculum standards, school alternatives and education resource contacts. Teachers can also access articles, lesson plans and other teaching tools.

In this site, you’ll find articles related to online homework help services as well as comprehensive reviews and side–by–side comparisons to help you make an informed decision about which homework help service is right for you. At TopTenREVIEWS We Do the Research So You Don’t Have To.™

What to Look for In Online Homework Help Services

Free and paid homework help services offer a broad variety of online resources for all subjects and grade levels. Some services specialize in a limited number of subjects or grade levels, so evaluate whether a homework help site would benefit your child.

Free sites are great for the occasional need to look up a word or topic, access lessons and play learning games. Some offer grade specific help and teacher–approved resources.

Homework help services that charge a fee provide teacher–approved resources that are educationally relevant, content safe and grade specific. Online tutoring is also available through some fee–based services. Tutoring provides help with math, science and writing/composition for students in grades 4–college level.

Below are the criteria TopTenREVIEWS used to evaluate Homework Help Services:

Features Set
Homework help websites will include some or all of the following features: Lessons and tutorials, learning games, learning activities, science experiments, quizzes, parent and teacher resources and online tutoring. Reference features include encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses, atlases and almanacs.

Sites that charge a monthly fee provide the same services as free sites, as well as content–safe resources and free software with step–by–step tutorials, video lessons and customized learning activities.

Online tutoring also provides free software that makes it easy to communicate with a tutor. Some software features include writing, drawing, highlighting and erasing tools, math and chemistry symbols, as well as different styles and colors of text.

Ease of Use
A good homework help service should be easy to use, especially for young children. Using the Back or Forward browser button to navigate a website can quickly become tedious. Services should provide a navigation window or toolbar, so students can return to the homepage or previously viewed pages. Students should also be able to search by subject, grade level, keyword and phrase.

Ease of Installation/Setup
Other than an Internet connection, free homework help websites do not require installation or setup. High–speed Internet is recommended for fast download and connection times.

Homework help websites that charge fees usually require a free software download, membership and credit card information. The best sites also offer a free trial or money back guarantee.

Help/Support
Most free homework help websites do not offer customer/technical support. However, sites that charge a fee should have telephone or email contact information. It is helpful if both types of services provide online help through FAQs or search terms.

For the best online homework help services we could find, see our top three picks: Cosmeo, HomeworkSpot and The Beehive School.

 
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Cosmeo HomeworkSpot The Beehive School Fact Monster BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper Homework Center Discovery School Homeworkhelp.com IPL National Geographic Kids
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