All in For Students
This is the second post in a series designed to help students learn how to study effectively. The purpose is to provide students with a resource that can help them take charge of their own learning. Today’s post is about using elaboration (particularly elaborative interrogation) ...
Many college students live by one device: their laptops. A laptop travels everywhere with these students. It is used in the classroom, in the dorm room, and on the go. These portable devices can hold a student’s life within its memory. It is versatile enough to be used ...
In keeping with our recent theme of mental health, let us advise you to stop reading this and go have a nap. No, really. Sleep is one of the very best things that you can do for yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally. And sadly it is frequently sacrificed in ...
The purpose of today’s post is to give students a resource to help them take charge of their own learning. We’re going to do a series of these over the next few weeks; today’s post is about retrieval practice – a useful method for studying any material ...
A couple of weeks ago, we came out with a set of 5 study tips for students, which were then picked up by TES and the new TES-USA. Many teachers – and hopefully some students! – read them and told us that they found them to be useful. Presumably, they ...
Earlier this week, we put together a digest of resources for teachers on how to provide good quality writing feedback. But feedback is pointless if students don’t actually use it to improve their work! As a student, you may think that “feedback” only comes ...
