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College Prep Podcast #130: How to Get Homework Started Painlessly with the Pomodoro Method

by Gretchen | Oct 17, 2016 | Academic Coaching, College Prep, note-taking, podcast, Study Skills

Initiating homework is a hard task for students! Especially students who are challenged with their executive functions (which means: almost all teenagers).Tune into today’s episode to learn about why the Pomodoro technique is such a good antidote to getting work...

How to Read a 400 Page Book in Two Hours, Part 4/4

by Gretchen | Sep 28, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, note-taking, Reading, Speed Reading, Study Skills

How ya doin’ with your reading? Are you getting more efficient since I started sharing these reading tips? Here’s the final video in the series about how to read a 400 book in two hours. Check it out, and then please-oh-please pop me an email! I’d...

How to Read a 400 Page Book in under Two Hours, Part 1/4

by Gretchen | Aug 16, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, College Prep, note-taking, Organization, Speed Reading, Study Skills

What if I told you it was possible to read a 400-page book in under two hours? You wouldn’t believe me, right? This summer I had a stack of books I wanted to catch up on, but I only had limited time. So I challenged myself to skim each of the books as quickly as...

Take Notes That Make You Smile

by gretchenwegner | Feb 7, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, note-taking

Let’s play a quick word association game! When I say “note taking,” what’s the first thing you think of? I just *bet* that the word you thought of is more likely to make you frown than smile. But note taking doesn’t have to be that way!...

How to Make a Study Guide for Finals

by Gretchen | Dec 20, 2014 | Academic Coaching, note-taking, Organization, Study Skills

Have you (or your student) ever been sent home with a lot of new material and no study guide? That’s exactly what my client complained about during a recent session. High school students are so used to teachers handing out study guides that it can totally throw...
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