Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “good habits”
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Let me start with this: The absolute worst way to study is to re-read your notes or your textbook. Re-reading is not studying. Re-reading is not learning. Re-reading is just your eyeballs moving over the same stuff it already moved over. …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. My favorite teacher in the whole world was my second grade teacher because she took me to the fifth grade classroom to borrow cool books. Somehow, this very same teacher was my sister’s least favorite teacher in the whole world. My …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This is part two of a two-part series about what to do when you’re absent from class. Part one outlined strategies for high school students, while this post is more appropriate for students in college or graduate school. As I wrote …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Absences happen. In most cases, an occasional absence from school is not a big deal – as long as you do the right things when you return. On the flip-side, if you don’t know what to do when you’re absent from …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. In most situations requiring you to communicate with your teacher, it is best to talk with him or her in person. I advise face-to-face meetings when possible because this reduces the chance of miscommunication. In-person meetings also give us the chance …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. If you’re already getting the grades you want, then you likely already know how to set goals and meet them. Good job. If you are not happy with your grades or with how you (don’t) accomplish things in general, then it’s …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. One of the most helpful mental and productivity strategies I have ever learned is how to do a Brain Dump. I did not invent this strategy, or its name, but there’s no doubt I use it more than anyone. On top …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. In this post, I feature insights from Sara Pennington of SegueToCollege.com. In this Q&A, I ask Sara three key questions about misconceptions and common study mistakes that college freshmen often fall victim to during their first year out of high school. …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Our brains are not meant for storing information; they are made for creating. We simply don’t have enough bandwidth (energy) to remember everything. How many times has someone introduced herself, but twenty seconds later you forget her name? Our brains have …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Summer reading: you either hate it or love tolerate it. Regardless, it’s one of those things that has to get done, despite our preference to fall asleep in a hammock by the lake. Below are 4 summer reading strategies that will …
