By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Being a college student is so different from being a high school student. Don’t get me wrong: High school certainly has challenges. But in most cases, high school students get a lot of support from teachers and parents to manage those challenges. …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Motivation is one of the trickiest subjects I cover here on the blog. That’s because motivation is complicated and is influenced by many factors. Some of these factors you have control over, and some are less controllable. Low motivation in school …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. It’s a crummy feeling to think you’re prepared for a test, only to realize too late that you don’t actually understand the material. Our brains have this obnoxious tendency to avoid pain, and while I suppose this is essential to our …
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. You know when your teacher assigns a huge project that’s due next week, and it’s a big deal, but you’re not that stressed out about it because it’s not due until next week … and you have plenty of time? … …
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. It’s a particularly helpful study method for visual learners, or students who prefer …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. If you’re in the habit of throwing away your quizzes when the teacher hands them back, stop immediately. Quizzes can be seriously valuable study resources – and yes, even the quizzes you bomb. What you need to know is this: There’s …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. What’s the purpose of annotating? I’m 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 don’t know what to annotate, I don’t 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, I’ve been asked to talk more about how to use the blurting method to study. In this …
Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. In a perfect world, you’d have at least two weeks’ notice before every high school or college exam. You’d have plenty of time to study without pressure, and you’d feel calm and prepared on test day. But, for some silly reason, we …