By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Studying for a test requires focus and a hefty amount of cognitive energy. If youâre exhausted, studying is obviously far, far more challenging. The real strategy for studying when youâre tired is to ⊠not get yourself in the position where …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The following tips are primarily for college students, although high school students may also find them helpful. If youâre in college, you already know that homework consumes much of your day. But one of the secrets of A-level students is that …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Back-to-school tips for college students go beyond the back-to-school tips for high school students that I write about in this post here. While those high school tips certainly apply to college students too, older students have different needs – which I …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post is full of back-to-school tips for middle and high school students. I have several back-to-school tutorials on my blog, so if youâre looking for more, check out these 10 tips and these 8 tips when youâre done reading about …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I have been using Status Notes for years. Of course, back then I had no idea that I would make them into a thing and eventually name them Status Notes, but over time I realized I should share my strategy. The …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Iâm a huge fan of lists. Iâm a fan not only for my own personal geekish reasons but also for reasons based on cognitive science. (In case you didnât hear, our brains can not store endless amounts of information.) Iâve written …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. If my business name isnât a dead giveaway, Iâm into habits. Habits are the repetitive actions and thoughts that essentially guide how we live our lives. We have school habits, work habits, health habits, and thinking habits (hello, anxieties!). We also …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Googleing âhow to be more productive at workâ yields a ton of search results like this one (New York Times) and this one (Forbes) that offer the same generic tips. Many of these productivity tips are excellent – such as avoiding …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. One of the most common frustration points my clients articulate is I canât focus. This is usually followed up with questions about how to focus better, what focus strategies work best, and what’s the magic formula. I hear this from all types …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Required summer reading often involves the same challenging books as school-year reading, but without all the teacher support and guidance along the way. For this reason, some middle and high school students who succeed with school-year reading will struggle to independently …