How are Executive Functioning skills different from Study Skills?
How-are-executive-functioning-skills-different-from-study-skills? Executive functioning are cognitive processes that enables us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. While study skills are….
The Top 7 Reasons You Should Study for the PSAT!
Why-you-should-study-for-the-psat. When you think about standardized tests, your mind probably jumps right to the SAT and the ACT, and perhaps the ISEE if you have a younger student. But there’s another exam that, while it doesn’t directly factor into admissions decisions, is very important for a variety of reasons: the PSAT.
School Supplies on a Budget
School-supplies-on-a-budget. Here are our top ideas for how to save while still outfitting yourself or your kids this Back to School Season.
Important 2020-21 Standardized Testing Dates
Important-2020-21-standardized-testing-dates. Important 2020-21 Standardized Testing Dates
#SLOWDOWNMOVEMENT
Slowdownmovement. It’s the start of a new year and a new decade and of course, here at The Ladder Method we have resolutions! As a team, we have collectively decided our resolution to be “Slow Down.” You may be wondering what “slowing down” actually looks like. To us, slowing down can look like many things. It means taking a step back. It means taking a moment to put our best foot forward. It means creating quality over quantity work. It means being mindful and being present. Ultimately, we believe in the power of slowing down to speed up.
Three Tips for Getting Ahead of Finals Season
3-tips-for-getting-ahead-of-finals-season. Three tips on how to manage your time and get ahead during Thanksgiving break.
Top Study Tip 3: Getting Organized for the School Year!
Top-study-tip-3-getting-organized. We recommend that students get organized at any point. As the Buddhist monk Pema Chodron, start where you are. It is never too late or too early to get organized.
Top Study Tips #2: Outline
Top-study-tips-2-outline. So many students we work with have no tools when they begin with us. They don't read the textbook, they don't study and they don't outline. Yet, many students wonder why they can't remember all of the information in the textbook if they read it the night before the test.
Top Study Tip #5: Read the Text Book!
Top-study-tip-5-read-the-text-book. It seems rather obvious but we work with a lot of students. Guess what? Today's teenager often thinks that reading the headings and using the power point is enough to score well on the test. Its not. It's so important to actually read the textbook.
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