by Gretchen | Jun 2, 2020 | Academic Coaching, blog
I hope school is done (or almost done) for you. This summer I’m creating a bunch of new “Anti-Boring Learning Nuggets.” My big challenge is to make them all 2 minutes or less!! Do you think I can do it? I’m such a wordy gal. Anyhoo,...
by Gretchen | May 26, 2020 | blog
Do you have final exams right now? Or are teachers assigning projects and essays instead? This is the time of the year that I USUALLY provide some tips for how to apply the Study Cycle to preparing for final exams. However, this year I’m noticing that students...
by Gretchen | May 19, 2020 | Academic Coaching, blog
Have you noticed that teenagers (and even many of us adults!) have a vague sense of time? One of my clients recently was feeling the end-of-semester stress mounting. She knew the end was coming, but she didn’t have a sense of exactly when OR what needed to be...
by Gretchen | May 12, 2020 | Academic Coaching, blog
Do you, or a student you love, struggle with essay word counts? It can be so hard to meet the teacher’s requirements for x number of words, especially when you are new to writing research papers and essays. Recently with a 9th-grade client, I discovered how...
by Gretchen | Apr 28, 2020 | Academic Coaching, blog
Effective planning is such a buggaboo — especially for teens whose brains won’t be mastering the art of the executive function until (eep!) age 25 or so. And especially during our distance learning situation, when many students have MANY MORE...
