By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Dual coding is a study strategy that can shorten how long you study and increase how much you learn. Dual coding works best when combined with other study methods, especially interleaved practice, the Feynman technique, and any study method using active …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Itâs no secret that top-performing students take notes. They take notes in class, they take notes when reading text, and they take notes while watching videos. Why? Because they know their notes serve an actual purpose (more on that in secret …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Annotating and note-taking are both school skills (and work skills!) that allow you to get more from the text youâre reading. But like with any skill, you need to know how and when to use it. In this blog post, I …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. If you regularly take notes in class, youâre far ahead of students who donât take notes in class. Even if youâre taking notes on a napkin, that puts you light years ahead of students who donât take notes at all. So, …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. If youâre looking for tips for taking digital notes, and youâre a student or a working professional, this blog post is for you. Note-taking is both an art and a science. In other words, the best note-taking systems incorporate a few …
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. Itâs a particularly helpful study method for visual learners, or students who prefer …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The entire point of taking notes is so that they become something useful to you. If youâre taking notes that are disorganized, unclear or incomplete, theyâre not useful, which is a waste of your time. In this blog post, I teach …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. There seems to be endless confusion around annotation techniques. âWhat do I highlight?â is one of the most common skill-based questions Iâm asked, and so this blog post teaches you what to highlight when annotating novels. In a future blog post, …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Learning styles (or learning preferences) can influence the way we feel about and understand what weâre learning. I have many resources that teach tips for setting up your study space and using study methods based on your learning style. You can …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post teaches you how to take notes from a video. There are various scenarios when youâll have to take notes from a video, especially for online classes. The following best practices apply to students in middle school, high school, college …