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The Truth About Getting Fantastic Exam Marks

October 9, 2011 by thestudygurus 5 Comments

The Truth About Getting Fantastic Exam Marks

You are your own worst enemy. This couldn’t be truer when it comes to studying. A study published in Psychological Science showed that a student’s self-belief is just as important, if not more, than IQ. So many students sabotage their own chances of exam success before they even start. Why? Because - as corny as it sounds - they don’t believe in themselves. A great expression, often used to describe our instinctual gravitation towards behaviour that minimizes risk, is the lizard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Motivation Tagged With: confidence, increase your marks, motivation

Exam Success 101: How To Study For And Sit Exams

October 2, 2011 by thestudygurus 1 Comment

Exam Success 101: How To Study For And Sit Exams

Between the two of us we've sat quite a large number of exams since high school. In fact, we estimate we've sat 98 2-3 hour exams between us. This doesn't even include tests or assignments or internal exams. (That's not supposed to impress you by the way... Only to inform you we really have sat a lot of exams!) And on top of our own experiences, we're each currently spending three to four hours a day tutoring high school students about to sit their own round of exams. I think it's fair to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Exams Tagged With: exam preparation, exam success 101, exams, increase your marks

The Two Biggest Reasons Why Kids Fail At School

March 14, 2011 by thestudygurus 12 Comments

The Two Biggest Reasons Why Kids Fail At School

When learning something new it can be incredibly useful to find out what works from people who are already successful in that field. Conversely, you can also learn a lot from people who haven’t done so well... Success (or not) at school is a great example of this. Not surprisingly, kids who do well at school normally have very similar attitudes towards studying and doing their schoolwork. While kids who don’t do so well also have a number of things in common. Over the years, we’ve noticed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Learning Styles, Studying Tagged With: confidence, failing, how to study, in your head, increase your marks, studying 101

How Your Teen Should Use Their Learning Style To Get Straight A’s

January 31, 2011 by thestudygurus Leave a Comment

How Your Teen Should Use Their Learning Style To Get Straight A’s

At school I remember I spent a lot of time reading and writing stuff down in an exercise book. This was the way our teachers expected us to learn most of the time, and it still is today. This is a serious problem for many children Some students learn best by creating a picture in their mind and committing that to memory. Others are incredibly good at storing information by what they hear. Some like to feel what they are learning, by physically doing something or mentally placing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Exams, Learning Styles, Studying Tagged With: how to study, increase your marks, learning styles, studying, studying 101

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