Name: Taking Control of Your Own Academic Growth
Uploaded: 2019-10-02T22:00:00.000Z
Description: In this stream, we look at the Visible Learning Cycle to create a plan to analyze our current performance, identify the performance expectations, and implement research-based strategies to help close the existing gaps.

Productivity

Take steps to become a more productive student! We will discuss wellness tips for your mental and physical health. We cover different ways to improve your school performance with note-taking techniques, effective review games, study strategies, and testing tips.

General

Explore tips and strategies on how to develop better studying habits and techniques that will help you become a highly effective student that will go on to succeed in college level work.

Study Strategies

Time Management

We cover different note-taking techniques and skills. We discuss tips on how to take effective notes that will boost your retention of information for upcoming tests in high school and college.

Note Taking

How can you make reviewing for my tests fun? Learn about different types of review games that will help your mind engage with the study material more effectively. Whether its creating timelines or mind maps, it's important to find useful ways to retain more information.

Review Games

Whether it's multiple choice questions or writing a thesis statement or contextualization for a DBQ, it's important to practice and learn effective test-taking strategies that will improve your speed and accuracy on the SAT, ACT, or AP tests.

Testing Tips

Frequently Asked Questions

In this stream, we look at the Visible Learning Cycle to create a plan to analyze our current performance, identify the performance expectations, and implement research-based strategies to help close the existing gaps.  

How to Use the 6 Steps of the Pomodoro Method 

What is the Pomodoro Technique? 😵

How It All Began 📅

Rules 📜

Why It Works ⚙️

Your Next Favorite Supplementary Resource: HOURS! 🟢

Try Hours Out! 💯

The Pomodoro Technique

Maximizing your Productivity Using a Course Syllabus 

Choosing your parameters

Tools

Extra Tips

Using a Syllabus to Create Weekly and Monthly Study Plans

👋What is Hours? 

🔨Tools within Hours 

✔️Task List 

⏰Timer

💬Communication

📚Solo Mode 

🎵Music 

💭What do Students Think?

The Hours Dashboard

How Can Hours Help Me?

Setting Yourself up For Success with Strong Study Habits 

Study Habits Who? 😳

The Problems Accompanying Studying 😩

Tips & Tricks: Your Handy Dandy Guide 👌

How to Build Regular Study Habits

👋 Introduction to Note Taking

📐 Method #1: Outline Method

🏫 Method #2: Cornell Notes

🧠 Method #3: Mind Mapping

🔑 Conclusion

Three Best Note Taking Methods

How to Increase your Learning with Cornell Notes

How they came to be 🤸‍♀️

How to use it ✍

What it looks like 👀

Why you should use it 🤔

Other thoughts 💡

Cornell Notes

Maximizing your Learning with Cornell Notes

Page Setup 📚

The 5 R’s of Note Taking 🤓

How to Take Cornell Notes

How to Study Effectively for Tests 

🃏 Tip #1: Make Flashcards 

🤔 Tip #2: Take Practice Tests

🎩 Tip #3: Form a Study Group

🍅 Bonus Tip #1: Use the Pomodoro Technique

👀 Bonus Tip #2: Review Past Papers & Assignments

🎁 …Aaaand It's a Wrap!                                    

Three Ways to Study for a Test

Teach Yourself to Be a Better Test Taker! 

#1: Spread Out Your Studying & Don’t Cram!

#2: Get a Good Night’s Rest & Arrive Early

#3: Read Directions Carefully

#4: Manage Your Time & Pace Yourself

#5: Don’t Spend Too Long on One Question

#6: Use Process of Elimination

#7: Trust Your Gut!

#8: Keep Going

#9: Review Your Answers Before You Submit

#10: Reflect

Conclusion & Final Thoughts

Top 10 Test Taking Strategies 

Taking Control of Your Own Academic Growth

Taking Control of Your Own Academic Growth

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