by mindroar | Mar 26, 2021 | blog, Crash Course Study Skills, teaching strategies, teaching study skills
Are you approaching that time during the academic year when deadlines are flying at your face like lemon meringue pie at a clown? Do your students have a dedicated study skills class? Or do you just want to help your students to brush up on their study skills in your...
by mindroar | Apr 16, 2020 | blog, teaching strategies, teaching study skills
The first time I heard about visual note-taking (also called sketch notes or doodle notes), I thought letting kids draw in class was crazy! How could students remember information if it was drawn in their books? How would kids remember all the facts, stats, ideas, and...
by mindroar | Mar 27, 2020 | blog, free resources, Freebie Friday, teaching resources, teaching strategies
I’ve never had to do distance learning or teaching. But, for a semester while I earned my Master’s in Writing, Editing, and Publishing, I had the privilege of tutoring an introductory college/university-level English literature class. But, I broke out in a...
by mindroar | Mar 20, 2020 | blog, Crash Course Study Skills, teaching study skills
Feeling about fifty weeks pregnant on a sweaty, dusty day about a year ago, I stumbled across my old university lecture notes while packing boxes to move house. When I read through them, I realised I had written notes that were chunky, random, and disorganised. Sound...
by mindroar | Nov 25, 2019 | #teacherlife, blog, Crash Course Study Skills, teaching strategies, teaching study skills
Have you ever read your student notebooks when they take independent notes and face-palmed? I know I have – it can feel like they have not listened at all when their notes don’t reflect the lesson you think you have given. When this happens, you know...
