by Gretchen | Jul 17, 2018 | blog, Reading, Study Skills
Have you heard that idea that Malcolm Gladwell made famous, that it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice in order to develop world class expertise in a skill? If you haven’t, you might check out this summary here. Well, in the book Rest: Why You Get More...
by Gretchen | Jul 12, 2018 | College Prep, podcast, Study Skills
Is studying tedious and boring? Use the Study Senses as a simple checklist for how to engage your brain while learning, so that you learn more in less time. Tune in for Part 2 of the Anti-Boring Summer Series, where she walks you through a simple model for how to mix...
by Gretchen | Jul 11, 2018 | blog, Study Skills
“I’m lazy,” teens often tell me when I meet them for the first time. Parents often confirm this. And so do teachers, when I email them to get more info about how a client is doing in their class. I know students often feel lazy. And they certainly seem lazy to...
by Gretchen | Jul 10, 2018 | blog, College Prep, note-taking, Study Skills
Have you been following along with my three part series on how to take notes on nonfiction book? I’m super excited because I finished my notes!!! Today I probably should have titled the video “How to Fit An Entire Nonfiction Book Onto One Page of...
by Gretchen | Jun 19, 2018 | blog, Organization, Procrastination, Study Skills
?Do you often intend to get school work done when you travel during breaks, but then can’t quite bring yourself to do it? More and more of my clients these days have at least one, if not more, plane rides during the course of their school year. These same...
by Gretchen | Jun 5, 2018 | blog, College Prep, Student Life, Study Skills
Do you like to study with your friends, but you’re not sure how effective you are together? Or do you question how well your teen actually learns with studying with a friend? Recently a client was preparing to study for his AP World History exam with a friend, and...
