Misconceptions about how students learn
Otherwise known as “How to study hard and still fail” We’ve all come across the student who works hard in class and puts in the hours at night doing homework but never quite does well in class tests....
View ArticleStudy Skills: Engagement and Retrieval
This post acts as an introduction to the webpage betterteaching.ie/studyskills and is also the first link on that page. It also complements a previous post on the same topic: Misconceptions about how...
View ArticleA quick reminder of how to study effectively: advice to parents
I was putting this together for parents and thought I might as well stick it up here in the hope that it may be useful to others. With Christmas exams just around the corner for most students, it’s...
View ArticleWhy are some study-techniques effective while others are not?
When students return after the Easter break there will be a little over 30 school-days left. You will have the distraction of the orals, plus possibly some project deadlines. 30 days is not a lot. A...
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