by Gretchen | May 22, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, Study Skills
Do you ever get bored using the same studying technique over and over again? I have a client who, until recently, has used nothing but flashcards when preparing for all her tests. Because we’d developed a number of fun ways to use flashcards, she enjoyed this as...
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 20, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, College Prep, podcast, Study Skills
It’s another Q&A Show! Here are the questions that we tackle in this episode: 1. Weird Mistakes in Math. My math teacher is a little confusing, which gets me doing weird things that complicate matters on simple problems. Mom thinks it could be that I’m...
by Gretchen | Feb 21, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, For Parents, Study Skills
Hey Y’all, I’ve got a very special video for you today. I strongly believe that every student, teacher, and parent out there should memorize what I call The Study Cycle. It needs to be a part of the daily language in classrooms and households. Normally I...
by Gretchen | Feb 1, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog, Procrastination
Do you ever get a good idea about something you want to do in the future? But you don’t act on it right away, and soon enough you forget the idea… and nothing ever happens? Recently, I was working with a client who had a very good idea about how to make...
