by Gretchen | Feb 27, 2018 | Academic Coaching, blog, For Parents, Study Skills, Test Anxiety
Do you ever make stupid mistakes on your math tests because you’re hurrying too much? I have a client who was consistently scoring a letter grade lower every test because of silly mistakes. My solution for him? Check out the video for details about what it means to...
by Gretchen | Feb 20, 2018 | Academic Coaching, blog, For Parents, Study Skills, Test Anxiety
Are you (or a student you love) naturally good at taking tests? Do you have to do minimal, or no, studying for your chapter tests… but then suddenly discover you’re not ready for final exams? It’s frustrating, isn’t it?! The info got into your...
by Gretchen | Oct 25, 2017 | blog, College Prep, Study Skills, Test Anxiety
As an academic coach, I’ve spent thousands of hours talking to stressed out and/or unmotivated students (many of whom contact me right before final exams, totally freaked out!) and one pattern has emerged that is striking — Students don’t know how to study....
by Gretchen | May 2, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, podcast, Test Anxiety
Too many students struggle with multiple choice tests. Often, this difficulty is not that they don’t know the material but rather because they haven’t learned how to take those tests well. Listen in as Megan provides her top five tips so you stop losing points on...
by Gretchen | Apr 4, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, Student Life, Test Anxiety
Are you the kind of student who does OK at school? Parents and teachers sometimes nudge you, telling you that you’re not quite living up to your potential because your grades could be even higher than the B’s they are now? I have a client like that who was...
by Gretchen | Feb 15, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, Study Skills, Test Anxiety
When you study, do you often FEEL as if you’re ready to take the test? You re-read the notes or chapter and think, “I got this!” Only to discover that actually — you didn’t know it as well as you thought? Recently a client of mine had a...
