Why do we hate Monday (other than the fact that it is five days from Friday)? Mondays are rough because as we look at the week ahead of us, we see so many things we don’t necessarily want to do—but have to do—and we don’t even know where to start. We get overwhelmed, stressed, and […]
Accelerate productivity with 3 time management tips every student can use
If you’ve been reading along our student time management series, hopefully you’ll have benefited from some of the time management tips we’ve discussed. We’ve redefined time management — it’s really task management. We’ve talked about how important it really is. And we’ve shown you a task-sifting time management strategy that even the best students can […]
Student time management strategies: 3 lessons learned at the ER
Most of us probably don’t think of the emergency room as a classroom. That’s probably good. Ideally we’ll all spend the least amount of time possible at the ER. My family tries to limit our trips to once or twice a year. We hit our quota for 2013 – we’ll see how this year goes. […]
Why “good time management” has little to do with time
Good time management skills are often a topic of study skills conversations. But what are we talking about really? You can’t manage time. In the words of the great Steve Miller Band, “Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’, into the future…” We talked about this briefly in our last post on student time management. We […]
3 Study-boosting Benefits of Exercise for Students
Picture this scenario: It’s the night before a big test. You need to have a productive study session in order to feel ready for the exam. You lay out your notes, textbooks, flashcards and study guide on the table. You flip open your notes. Then it hits you: the Tired Bug. How do you shake […]
Student Time Management: Why this study skill sets the top 5% apart
Student time management is an enormous part of a great study skills approach. If you have no strategy for managing time as a student, you’re unlikely to have a great strategy for managing time later in life. And it’s just about as important a study skill as there is. Thus we’re bringing you a short […]
How to solve math word problems without giving yourself a headache
Math word problems can be painful. And not just in the “I’m emotionally tired” kind of painful. We’re talking about the “my head hurts, I’m exhausted, that took too much work, I don’t know what’s next, I’m emotionally tired” kind of painful. And it’s not as if somehow when you’re studying you can avoid math […]
Middle school study skills: do you know which are most important?
Recently two of our team members were able to give a free study skills seminar in conjunction with LearningRx of Raleigh. It was a great night. We had some good interaction with students and parents. And they had free cookies. Isn’t “free cookies” the definition of a good night? Toward the end of our session, […]