By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. If youâre in the habit of throwing away your quizzes when the teacher hands them back, stop immediately. Quizzes can be seriously valuable study resources â and yes, even the quizzes you bomb. What you need to know is this: Thereâs …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Whatâs the purpose of annotating? Iâm 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 donât know what to annotate, I donât know how …
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, Iâve been asked to talk more about how to use the blurting method to study. In this …
Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. In a perfect world, youâd have at least two weeksâ notice before every high school or college exam. Youâd have plenty of time to study without pressure, and youâd feel calm and prepared on test day. But, for some silly reason, we …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. So many students receive a course syllabus on the first day of class, review it for a minute, and never look at it again. Huge mistake! Your syllabus is a source of valuable information that can make your life easier â …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Study tips for students in graduate school are fundamentally the same as study tips for students in high school or college. Thatâs because the cognitive processes involved in learning are the same no matter what grade youâre in. However, students in …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The Feynman Technique is a 4-step study process that can help you learn material more deeply and more intentionally. In other words, itâs a study method that gets you to learn things better and faster. Yes, please! If youâve been around …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. So, you failed a test. That stinks and I know you feel crummy. Iâll bet you want to throw the test in the trash, but before you do, hear me out: After the emotional dust settles, but before you move on …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Weâve all been there. Weâve all saved our reading homework until the end of the day because we had to do the ârealâ homework first, but then we start falling asleep after just a few pages. Why does reading do this …
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 …