by Gretchen | Mar 19, 2019 | Anti-Boring Approach, blog, Study Skills
It’s almost the end of the school year! For some college students, semesters end next month; high school students have another couple months to go. Regardless, everyone is exhausted, and likely a lot of your school supplies have been used up by now! I recommend...
by Gretchen | Mar 14, 2019 | College Prep, Study Skills
There’s an important yet overlooked ingredient to performing your best on standardized tests! In this episode, guest expert Logan Thompson details how to apply some simple tools from the world of mindfulness to turboboost ACT and SAT performance. In a fun and...
by Gretchen | Mar 12, 2019 | blog, Study Skills, Test Anxiety
Do your teachers and professors primarily use PowerPoint during their lectures? Do you find yourself overwhelmed when it’s time to study, because you have 60 or 70 slides to review for each test? Lately, I’ve had a number of folks working with graduate...
by Gretchen | Feb 26, 2019 | Academic Coaching, blog, Procrastination, Student Life, Study Skills
Did you know that there are some GOOD ways to procrastinate? Recently I checked in on a client (a sophomore in college) about how well she’s following through on a project plan, and she told me that she was doing terribly. However, it was a...
by Gretchen | Feb 11, 2019 | blog, Study Skills
Parents of teens often ask me where their students should be putting their cell phones while they’re doing their homework! I’ve often given a specific answer (which you’ll hear about in the video), but I’ve never read the research that backs my...
by Gretchen | Jan 10, 2019 | College Prep, podcast, Study Skills
The key to effective studying for tests is a brain-based trick called “retrieval practice.” Most students forget to do this when studying. They might review their notes or text book, but they forget practice “retrieving” it from their brain (which means looking...
