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By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I’m frequently asked about the difference between a calendar and an assignment notebook. They are not the same thing. At all. While both are essential pieces of a student homework management system, they each have a unique function. The bottom line: …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. There are a lot of misconceptions floating around about how to be a “good” student. Included in these common myths are false ideas about study habits, memorization, and time spent on homework. In this tutorial, I share 4 common myths about …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Whether you’re a student or a working professional, group projects, group discussions and meetings can be an effective way to collaborate and make decisions. But working with others can also be challenging. Group work can be challenging because it’s difficult to …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Knowing how to prioritize homework is one of the keys to not feeling overwhelmed and falling behind in school. There are some basic steps to prioritizing homework, which I explain below. But first, let’s get clear on the definition of prioritization. …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Email is an important communication channel for students, starting in elementary school and ending … essentially never. But so many (so many!) students struggle with how to manage email. The problem is that so few students know what to do once …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. School supplies for students with ADHD may look a little different than school supplies for neurotypical students. Neurotypical students often choose school supplies based on factors like aesthetics (does it look cool), popularity (is it actually cool) and teacher requirements (the …
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Studying for a test requires focus and a hefty amount of cognitive energy. If you’re exhausted, studying is obviously far, far more challenging. The real strategy for studying when you’re 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 you’re 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 you’re looking for more, check out these 10 tips and these 8 tips when you’re done reading about …
