Failure. Don’t you hate that word? There is such a finality to it. Discover the four common causes of student failure then because it’s easier to avoid failure in your academics by being familiar with these causes Failure. It’s a said and done kind of word. You tried, but you failed. You are a failure. […]
Quit Missing Test Questions: How to Understand Ideas
Why Quit Missing Test Questions? As I’ve been a tutor through the years, several stories keep popping up. Stories like, “I just don’t get math,” or “Learning languages just isn’t my thing,” are common. Most people have some subject that doesn’t make a lot of sense to them. One story is incredibly common, though. It’s […]
Simple Student Planning: 4 Steps to Planning in 15 Minutes a Week
We’ve discussed simple planning for students in an earlier blog. Some of us really hate it, but we know that it’s a necessary study skill. If you are a student who hates planning, we are with you. We explained in that post that there was one key question you need to be able to answer: how […]
How to Earn Better Grades While Studying Less through Filtering
In my last article, I commented that you don’t need to know everything from class to get an “A.” Don’t read too much into that statement reading a textbook quickly. “A” students work really hard. They put in the hours needed to do well, but they do it the right way. Studying is like running a marathon. There is […]
Three Reasons You Need to Understand Filtering to Be A Successful Student
I was in a fraternity in college. It was a great fraternity. We won a bunch of awards while I was in the fraternity, even the top chapter in the entire nation one year. I had some great experiences, made some great friends, understand filtering and learned a lot about the way groups of people […]
Three Reasons You Need to Understand Filtering to Be A Successful Student
I was in a fraternity in college. It was a great fraternity. We won a bunch of awards while I was in the fraternity, even the top chapter in the entire nation one year. I had some great experiences, made some great friends, and learned a lot about the way groups of people work. That brings me to […]
5 Questions Every Student Needs to Be Able to Answer
StudyRight helps students evaluate how well they’re studying, not just understand new techniques. The following five questions every student needs to answer help give a framework for understanding what effective students need to know to achieve higher levels of student success. 1. What is my opportunity? Successful students recognize opportunity when they see it. They […]
Why You Aren’t Going to Cram for Your Next Exam
Cram for Your Next Exam I’m originally from Oklahoma, and I love wearing boots. For years I didn’t actually have dress shoes. Instead I had one pair of brown cowboy boots and one pair of black python-skin cowboy boots. I wore them to weddings, funerals, special occasions, class, dates, and anything else where my shirt had to have a collar and/or buttons. […]