Are you looking for ways to improve your study skills and your study time? I do not know if you would call 23 tips to improve your study skills a short list, but I hope that there is something useful here for everyone. I have included several tips for studying with children since many of […]
6 simple ideas to develop a study plan that helps you get more studying done
School and life can be a lot easier if you develop a study plan. Do you find yourself studying in bits and pieces of time, such as in the car circle, waiting for your children to get out of school? Are you getting overwhelmed by all you need to do and cannot figure out how […]
Grades tanking? Learn to understand and use the study cycle.
I would like to introduce you to the Study Cycle. Information on the study cycle is available in bits and pieces online, frequently in articles by colleges that discuss the steps of Preview, Attend Class, Review, Study, and Check, or some variation on that theme. For example, LSU provides this page: https://www.lsu.edu/cas/studycycle.php The particular method of […]
Want your degree? 5 Ways I Can Help Working Parents Do That.
My blog exists to help working parents who have decided to return to school to earn their degree and not lose their sanity. Working parents have enough to keep them busy. When they added school work to their task lists, they added more work, but the results can really, really, really help them in the […]
What college bound adults might need to know, Part 2.
This is the continuation of the adult student version of 20 things college freshmen should know. The original blog, written for the young people attending college right after high school can be found here. My first blog on this can be found here. Find a school club you find interesting and go to a meeting. […]
Studying at home when you have children
Have you wondered how you can study at home, with your children? You might find some of these tips to be helpful. Do you think that raising children and earning a degree cannot be done at the same time? The answer to the second question is the most positive YES! People do this all […]