By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. School can be hard for one million different reasons beyond the obvious, which is that class content can be challenging. (AP Physics, anyone?) In a recent YouTube video, I shared 10 ways to make hard classes easier, but in this blog …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. You know when your teacher assigns a huge project that’s due next week, and it’s a big deal, but you’re not that stressed out about it because it’s not due until next week … and you have plenty of time? … …
Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Woo hoo! You’re a high school senior and you’ve been accepted to college! That’s incredible. For many students, college acceptance is both a relief and a stressor. It’s a relief because you no longer have to worry about the college application process, …
By Katie Azevedo M.Ed. In this blog post, I am going to teach you how to study using mind mapping. Mind mapping is a great strategy for brainstorming, taking notes, and studying. It’s a particularly helpful study method for visual learners, or students who prefer …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. If you’re in the habit of throwing away your quizzes when the teacher hands them back, stop immediately. Quizzes can be seriously valuable study resources – and yes, even the quizzes you bomb. What you need to know is this: There’s …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. We usually know when we’re procrastinating. We usually have a strong sense of I should really do this thing right now but I just don’t want to. Where things get tricky is when our procrastination habits are so ingrained that we …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. What’s the purpose of annotating? I’m asked this a lot because annotating text has a bad rep. Throughout a week, I hear every kind of resistance, from it takes too long, I don’t know what to annotate, I don’t know how …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Motivation is a tricky thing. It’s fueled by a combination of factors, including your skill level, sense of urgency, brain chemistry, mindset, and more. While we can control some of these factors, others are beyond our control. This can make motivation …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. In a recent YouTube video I made about the Feynman Technique, I briefly spoke about the blurting method as a study strategy. Since then, I’ve been asked to talk more about how to use the blurting method to study. In this …
Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. In a perfect world, you’d have at least two weeks’ notice before every high school or college exam. You’d have plenty of time to study without pressure, and you’d feel calm and prepared on test day. But, for some silly reason, we …