By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. There are many reasons why students might take summer classes in college: to graduate early, to make space for a double major, to retake courses that didnât go so well, for personal enrichment, and to boost your student resume. Taking college …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. In high school, I learned how to hem my own pants (a handy skill considering Iâm 5â2â). In fact, I learned many life skills outside basic content areas, skills that smoothed my transition to being a functional adult. Some of these …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Weekends are for sleeping in, seeing friends, doing life-maintenance things (chores, errands, etc.) and Netflix. Yes, yes – all of this is true. However, weekends are also for (prepare to gasp) studying. You may not love to hear this from me, …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Various sources suggest that the average person makes around 35,000 decisions a day. Thatâs bananas. While the majority of our daily decisions are minor, such as choosing what to wear or what to eat, we occasionally face bigger decisions that have …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. My website analytics show me that how to study for tests is the second most searched term on my website. (First place is how to take notes.) I have written over 100 tutorials about study skills for this very reason. With …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. From middle school through graduate school, being tested on what we read basically is school. Read a book, and then take a test: repeat forever. Therefore, knowing how to study for a test on a book is the key to doing …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Bad grades donât just come out of nowhere for no good reason. Sure, you might fail a test once in a while because of extenuating circumstances, but chronically poor grades are a symptom of something bigger. In other words, chronically bad …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Youâre sitting in class, paying attention (or not), and all of a sudden you have no idea what the teacher is saying. Or youâre doing your homework at home, and it hits you that youâre totally confused about the material. It …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Think about how many times a day we touch our phones, pencils, and keyboards. Think about how many times a day we put our backpacks or work bags on the classroom or office floor and then put those bags on our …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The internet is full of student tips that claim you can cut your study time in half, get an A on your essay without trying, and hack your way through school via some secret portal that no one knows about. This …