Study Tips: Teaching Kids to Be Excellent Students

Guilty. We tell students “be a good student.” “Study hard.” “Work hard.” But are we guilty of not telling them HOW to be a good student? WHAT study tips actually work? WHAT things do they do to be a “good” student without having to work so hard?

Important Takeaways

The simple things students need to do before anything else.
What does it mean to “study?”
How do you study?
What can you do that will have more impact than reading a book or passage four times?
Why rewriting notes doesn’t work, but what does.
How do you help reluctant learners become more self-motivated?

Over Judy Fishel’s 35 year career in education, she was a Presidential award-winning math teacher and principal. She’s not only read the research, but she’s lived what works. Judy knows how to help students get results. In this episode, she shares important study tips for students.

Educator Resources

Judy Fishel’s April 2015 book Straight A’s are Not Enough: Breakthroughs in Learning for College Students
Judy Fishel’s Breakthroughs to Learning Website

Quotes

Study tips So many times we just tell students, -Study for a test- or -pay attention in class- but we don’t show students what it means to be an excellent student but we don’t tell them how. Vicki Davis

Study Tip: It is so important to reorganize notes, not just rewrite them.

Study Tip: Students need to eat healthy foods, get rest, exercise, and sleep.

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