One of the hardest things to do when study skills are not your strength, or when you are working to improve them, is to make sure you are taking accurate notes, and doing so consistently in all your classes. Teachers spend varying amounts of time on lectures, lecture in different styles, place differing levels of …
Believe it or not, I heard this quote the other day while I was watching a baseball game. The color commentator, who, as color commentators usually are, is a former major league ballplayer, said it in reference to his belief that it is important for new, young ballplayers on a struggling team to show that …
“How You Walk Between Classes Shows Me How Much You Want To Learn” Read More »
You may recall that a few months ago, I wrote about the launch of my membership site, and how the launch did not go according to plan. One of the consequences of this challenge is that I was not able to time the launch for when you would be most interested in accessing the additional …
In my first post about memorization, which I wrote just after the death of Alex Trebek, I used the example of Jeopardy! to prove that there’s more to memorization than simply knowing the facts. I stressed that what makes Jeopardy! clues so varied, interesting, and memorable is that while some of them do only test …
Why Memorization Gets Such a Bad Rap – And What You Can Do to Change It Read More »
In my last post, I wrote about the fresh start a new school year provides, and the opportunity it gives you to make changes that can help you see greater success than before. Since I hadn’t done so at the beginning of the previous school year, I focused on the beginning of the first grading …
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Whether you’ve already started your new school year or will start it sometime over these next few weeks, the one thing you all have in common is that it is time to make a fresh start. No matter how last year went for you or how you envision this year going, the beginning of a …
In my last post, I wrote about ways you can take the Olympic motto and apply it to your own life, as well as to your schoolwork and the development of your study skills. Though the Olympics had not yet started when I wrote it, I knew from having seen past Games, keeping up with …
The title of this post is the Olympic motto, and it means “faster, higher, stronger” in Latin. If you reflect on these words and their meanings, I’m sure it won’t be too difficult for you to relate them to the athletes who will compete over these next few weeks. Swimmers and runners will be looking …
So far, my summer-themed blogs have mainly focused on reading and writing, and have also included suggestions on how, when, and where you can find ways to continue on your study skills journey while enjoying your well-earned break. In this post, I will turn my focus to math. Though summer math work doesn’t have the …
Make Time For Math in the Summer- Just Be Creative About It! Read More »
I am sure your first reaction to the title of this post is to wonder how it is even possible not to become lazy in the summer, and that your second reaction is to call me a hypocrite for encouraging laziness in the summer after writing in an earlier post that I could not defend …
Enjoy the Lazy Days of Summer – Without Becoming Lazy! Read More »
