By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Our brains are not meant for storing information; they are made for creating. We simply donāt 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, itās 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 …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Note-taking is a skill. The more you do it, the better you get. Even the most focused students get confused about note-taking. But throw ADHD or just general distractibility into the mix, and taking notes during class can seem impossible. The …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The study tip Iām going to explain here might seem obvious at first, but itās one that I always see my own students forgetting to do. Read through to the end, and if you think it’s something you already do, I …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Most of the content on this blog and in my videos is centered around how to study. But it’s just as important to know when to stop studying. In some cases, more is not always better. In some cases, you will …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The following project management strategy will teach you how to start a project for school. It also covers how to plan and complete basically any project – no matter the subject or your grade level. Not a student? It can even …
This is Part 1 of a 2-part series about memorization strategies. When you’re done here, check out Part 2 for 3 more tricks for how to memorize information. One of the most common questions I get from students is about how to memorize information. They …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This is not a blog post about the proper structure of an essay. It is also not a post about how to write a thesis statement. (Want that? Here you go.) Instead, I am giving you three tips for how to …
The internet is full of back-to-school tips — some of them good, and some of them straight up weird. (One list I saw suggested that students add āhot glue gunā to their school supplies list. Even the crafter in me is thinking whyyyyy!?) Most of …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I’m all about productivity hacks for students. When I find something that works, I share it. But I’m also on the lookout for productivity hacks that donāt work for students — or that donāt work in general — because itās just …
