From the category archives:
A SWOT Analysis is a tool you can use to assess how well you have be using the study skills I teach on this site. It is an opportunity to work out what you do really well and find out where you need to improve. I wanted you to start thinking about this topic in [...]
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If you are a student you know that you need to study. You understand that you have to get the homework done, complete the assignments and study for the tests. And to do that you have to make time to study.
Making Time to Study is not Simple
Making time to study is not:
Completing a Study Timetable
Sitting [...]
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Learning Styles
An awareness of your learning styles can help you with assignment planning, note-taking and exam revision. I just came across a new Learning Style System online called Vark.
VARK stands for Visual – Aural – Read (and Write) – Kinesthetics. 4 different ways we all can all learn. Most people have at least one dominate [...]
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This post is for all the readers in the US, UK and Europe. The students who are starting to count down for school holidays. Yes, holidays are great, but I am sure you have a few more assignments to complete and exams to study for before you reach the end of the school year.
Here are [...]
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I was sitting with a student today going over his schedule. He had 3 assignments due and a mountain of homework to complete. He had been sent by his english teacher to learn how to manage his time better.
I started asking him a few questions about his after school commitments, I checked out his diary [...]
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Do you ever think about things you’d like to try out or learn about, and then say to yourself, “Oh… I could never do that…”
Maybe there is a little voice in your head telling you what you can and can’t do. Maybe the voice says things like…
“The ‘cool people’ don’t (do, say) things like that!”
“But [...]
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I am pleased to welcome Debbie Bills to my blog with an awesome list of strategies on how to stay motivated. If you would like to write a guest post for Study Skills Mentor please contact me.
Debbie Bills shares the Secret to Happiness. Everyone can find the happiness they richly deserve by visiting Debbie’s blog [...]
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