It’s December. That means apple cider, family, Christmas lights, and (that’s right; you guessed it) finals. I’m in a coffee shop surrounded by college students cramming for finals. The girl across the room is about to rub a bald spot in her hair trying to figure out calculus. The guy in the corner just started laughing. He also has […]
The 3 Simple Phases of the Effective Exam Cram
Question: What’s wrong with the following conversation? Student #1: “I have a final exam tomorrow.” Student #2: “Bummer. How are you going to study?” Student #1: “I dunno. Probably just read the book some more…?” Answer: The simplest answer is that this student has no direction. If you are one of the countless students who has had […]
5 Reasons You Should Consider Getting More Education
How much education do you need? Is a high school diploma good enough? Should you get a college degree? Or maybe even a PhD? Everyone’s life-path heads different directions, and, depending on your passions and abilities, different levels of education will be of different importance. If you are a fantastic carpenter, you probably don’t need […]
Tutors, Study Skills, and Adding Bigtime Value (infographic)
We’re big into study skills. It’s what we do. We’ve seen the massive impact study skills can have on a student’s life direction, so our team is giving massive chunks of our lives toward helping students improve their study skills. We also like tutors. They’re on the front lines of student success every week, really helping […]
Making a to-do list: totally lame time-waster, or productivity super-skill?
Let’s talk about making a to-do list. It is possible you are thinking one of two things right now: 1) Making a list is lame, or 2) making a list is a waste of time. I hear your objections, but allow me to tell you why you should be a fan of making a list. […]
Nope — Cramming still doesn’t work. (And The BBC Agrees with us)
We’ve been teaching students for a long time that cramming for a test is perhaps one of the worst ways to get prepared for an exam. Seriously. There really isn’t an effective exam cram in the most basic sense of the word. I know it feels effective. After a nice, all-night cram session, you really feel […]
Summarizing what you read—3 proven benefits that lead to better retention
If you are a student like me, then you probably have a lot of material to read on a weekly basis. This wouldn’t be that big of a deal if your assigned reading involved mindless material that you wouldn’t be tested on. But here’s the reality- you have a lot to read, and you have […]
How can students improve their 21st century study skills?
In our last post, we talked about some of the study skills that are so crucial for 21st century students. Today, we want to ask an important second question: how do students actually improve their 21st century study skills? how do you improve 21st century study skills? do you really need to improve 21st century […]