Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “study skills”
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. For many students and working professionals, starting projects and assignments is the hardest part of getting things done. But for others, starting isn’t the hard part; for these students, finishing projects and assignments is the problem. Here’s a scenario you might …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. In this post – and in the video above – I share 5 study tips for auditory learners. These study techniques make sense for how the auditory brain works. If you know you’re an auditory learner, these study tips are for …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. In this post, I feature insights from Sara Pennington of SegueToCollege.com. In this Q&A, I ask Sara three key questions about misconceptions and common study mistakes that college freshmen often fall victim to during their first year out of high school. …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Summer reading: you either hate it or love tolerate it. Regardless, it’s 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. In the 11 steps below, I break down how to study for final exams. But you could use the 11 strategies to study for your midterms as well. Basically, if you know how to study for final exams, you can use …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The study tip I’m going to explain here might seem obvious at first, but it’s 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. I have written plenty of posts about studying vocabulary words (here’s one, and here’s another) – but that’s because vocab is central to so many subjects in school. Seriously, can you name me a subject where you wouldn’t need to learn …
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. In Part 1 of this 2-part study-tip series, I went over 3 hacks for how to memorize information. Check those tips out first. When you’re done, use the 3 additional memorization tricks below to up your memorization game. Remember, we …
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 …
