By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Multitasking doesnât work. In fact, every time you think youâre multitasking, youâre actually just rapidly switching back and forth between tasks. When this happens, you can’t give your full attention to either task, which obviously decreases your efficiency. But did you …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The benefit of a typical college schedule is that you have chunks of time between classes each day. Top-performing college students utilize these blocks of time strategically. In other words, top-performing students use their time between classes in ways that stressed-out …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Weâve all heard of âtime management,â and most of us know that itâs important. Time management is a concept my students and professional clients often say they understand. But when I observe their day-to-day habits, it’s clear that many don’t know …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. One of the biggest challenges students face when transitioning from high school to college is adjusting to differences in their weekly class schedule. Most high school students are accustomed to attending class for seven straight hours a day, five days a …
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. We usually know when weâre procrastinating. We usually have a strong sense of I should really do this thing right now but I just donât want to. Where things get tricky is when our procrastination habits are so ingrained that we …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. You might be working full-time while pursuing a part-time undergraduate degree, or you might be working full-time while going to graduate school. Whatever the configuration or reason for working and going to school at the same time, itâs important that adult …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Time management for college students is different from time management for high school students. A typical college schedule has multiple open pockets of time scattered throughout the day. On the other hand, a typical high school schedule has one large chunk …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Everyone wants to study less – including you. Thatâs the reason youâre reading this in the first place, yes? The good news is that itâs totally possible. In this post, I teach you how to study less by implementing a few …
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 …