by Gretchen | Feb 13, 2018 | Organization, Student Life, Study Skills
Most high schools these days have online portals where teachers track what assignments are due and when. Because of this, I often have students complain — do I REALLY need to write my assignments down? After all, they’re online already!! This week I had two situations...
by Gretchen | Jul 12, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, Creativity & Edges, Organization, Student Life
Back in July 2015, I presented a webinar, “5+ Oddly Effective Tools That Build Great Habits” with special guest Thomas Frank, from CollegeInfoGeek.com. This webinar was to help introduce high schoolers and college students to some unique and potent tools...
by Gretchen | May 2, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, Organization, Procrastination
Never Write the Word “Study” in Your Planner. Here’s Why. It doesn’t take long for a teenager who’s just started working with me to learn this — I hate the word “study.” Well, obviously that’s not completely true....
by Gretchen | Mar 14, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, Organization, Student Life
All too often, the teens with whom I meet tell me, “Oh, I don’t have much to do. I can remember it all in my head.” Sometimes that’s true! But more often, we discover that they DON’T have their “to do list” as down as they...
by Gretchen | Mar 7, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, Organization, Student Life
Do you ever get started on your homework and realize you have NO IDEA how to do the assignment? This happened recently to a client of mine, and it caused him to lose points because he ended up turning the assignment in late. For students with ADD and other attentional...
by Gretchen | Nov 30, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, note-taking, Organization, Study Skills
Are you good at taking detailed notes during lectures, but then struggle to know what to DO with those notes later on? In a different but related question, are your test grades disappointingly low, given the amount of time you study? Often the way we use our notes...
