By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Our brains are not meant for storing information; they are made for creating. We simply don’t have enough bandwidth (energy) to remember everything. How many times has someone introduced herself, but twenty seconds later you forget her name? Our brains have …
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. Note-taking is a skill. The more you do it, the better you get. Even the most focused students get confused about note-taking. But throw ADHD or just general distractibility into the mix, and taking notes during class can seem impossible. The …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I have personally tutored THOUSANDS of students one-on-one for standardized tests. I know that sounds insane. (It is.) I tell you this because it means I know a thing or two about test-taking strategies. And honestly, one of the most common …
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. The following project management strategy will teach you how to start a project for school. It also covers how to plan and complete basically any project – no matter the subject or your grade level. Not a student? It can even …
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 …
