Here’s How Get Your Homework Finished We live in an active, busy, on-the-go, never-stopping, hyper-connected world. Students are perhaps busier now than they have ever been before. Take one student of ours for example. This guy took one of our study skills courses and was a big-shot high school hockey player. He had division one type […]
Help Your Teens Improve Their Reading Comprehension with 3 Simple Tips
Improve Reading Comprehension Improve reading comprehension when you were in school, did you ever find yourself at the end of a textbook chapter but you couldn’t remember how you got there? Sure. We all have. It sort of feels like time skipped a few minutes; usually it just means you zoned out. Parents, almost every […]
How to plan your semester: a study strategy that saves you time
A lot can go into plan your semester. There are assignments to think about, breaks to plan, and other schedules to work around. It’s quite a bit of work actually. In fact, I myself am planning my semester out this week. It’s a bit of a workout, but it is a study strategy that pays […]
4 Reasons You Need to Plan Your Semester Before It Starts
If you want to plan your semester before it starts, you are in the right place. Not everyone is a planner. For example, me — I hate planning. Actually, scratch that. I hate getting into all the details that seem overwhelming when it comes time to plan something. If I’m going on a trip, I’d […]
Seriously improve your grades — stop taking tests so seriously
Taking tests seriously has to be one of the top fears of most students. Next to the spelling bee, nothing quite says “let’s see if you have what it takes” like taking tests seriously. (At least when you miss something on a test, it stays private — unlike when I spelled “Falcon” with two “L”s […]
Why reading textbooks isn’t good enough for guys – and what to do about it
Importance of Visual Learning Reading a book is great. Knowing how to read a textbook is really helpful. Having skills that boost your reading comprehension are key factors to success. We’re confident saying this because in school you have to read a lot of textbooks. The logic is pretty clear, right? Well, this part of […]
3 Simple Ways to Maximize Your Study Groups
Maximize your study groups to Focus better on your studies. Study groups are a “that-sounds-great” kind of study skills tool that most students never use. Sometimes this is because it just doesn’t seem worth the time or effort to get together. Sometimes it’s because of bad experiences in the past. But if you try out […]
Use a Syllabus (the right way): 4 Tips Most Students Miss
When you’re a full-time student, you get a lot of syllabi. And usually, you get them at the beginning of a semester. That’s ideal. If not, it makes it really hard to get work turned in on time. Unfortunately, a lot of students miss out on the benefits of use a syllabus because they’ve never […]