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 | Feb 20, 2021 | blog, teaching strategies, teaching study skills
Imagine this, you are at home after work. Teacher-brain has descended and you feel like your brain is processing at half-speed. You walk in the door, hang your bag on a hook, unpack your kids’ bags, and turn on the TV hoping to distract said kids while you cook...
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 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...
