It’s just a couple of weeks until the start of Semester 2 in universities and schools around Australia. For many it’s the start of their university career, for others it’s the final push before their Year 12 exams, and for all there’s the hope that it’s less disrupted than Semester 1. Here in one place
If you’re doing a exam any time soon, here’s a video with some advice on revision and exam techniques. There’s a video to watch here. The PowerPoint slides, with the links mentioned, are here – just click the “Download” button Good luck!
Are you worried about your exams/assignments/studies? Are you stuck in the procrastination trap? Are you trapped by the avoidance delusion? Then this blog post is for you. It’s aimed primarily at students who are anxious about their studies and using avoidance to manage their anxiety, but the principles are equally applicable to other types of
Assignments are great! No, seriously, they are! The fact that you can get a big chunk of the marks for each unit before you even set foot in the exam room is a good thing. In this post I’m going to look at how to make sure you get as many marks as possible in
Do you ever have a nightmare where you turn up to a lecture but you’ve forgotten to take a pen or paper and you have no idea what’s going on? Hard as it is to believe, some students actually do this; they stroll in 20 minutes after the lecture’s started, sit down noisily (disturbing people
In last week’s blog post I discussed the issues around helping your child prepare for High School (see https://www.carpediemperth.com.au/organisational-and-study-tips-for-high-school/). In this week’s post I’ll offer some tips and point you to some additional resources for when High School actually starts. It should be noted that, for some students, these tips will be unnecessary. Those lucky
