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Note-Taking: Why and How?
Note-taking-why-and-how. You’d be shocked at the number of students who enter a new school not understanding why or how to take notes. Luckily, here we are to answer both questions.
What Makes a Good Goal?
What-makes-a-good-goal. Goal-setting is one of the most important skills to develop. But what makes a good goal?
Q&A with Samantha Mchammel
Samantha is a leading tutor at The Ladder Method. She specializes in helping children in academic distress get organized!
The Top Benefits of Exercise and Learning
Studying-and-exercise-why-and-how. Exercise is linked to higher achievement in school. Why and how?
The Right Types of Brain Breaks
The-right-types-of-study-breaks. It’s important to take breaks during study blocks. What kind of breaks should you take?
Sex, Social Media and Teens with ADHD: How to Avoid the Risks
Sex-social-media-and-teens-risks. By identifying these three risky areas, parents can avoid these pitfalls.
The Three Characteristics of a Good Study Spot
the-three-characteristics-of-a-good-study-spot. A good study spot improves performance. Here’s what a good study spot looks like!
Studying and Technology: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Technology-studying-the-good-bad-and-ugly. Here are some technologies to watch out for when studying, and some that can be helpful!
Three Tips for Finals Morning
Three-tips-for-finals-morning. You’ve done the studying, you’ve made the flashcards, what else can you do to prepare?
Five Tips for Surviving Finals Season
Five-tips-for-surviving-finals-season. Here are five tips for beating the stress and keeping your finals merry and bright.
Top 5 Tips for Helping Your Child With their ADHD
Five-tips-for-helping-your-child-with-their-adhd. Here are five tips for supporting your child with their ADHD, and yourself as well.
The Top 5 Foods to Improve Focus in Your Kids & Teens
Top-five-foods-to-improve-focus-child. You are what you eat. So often people tell us that but understanding what that means when you head to the grocery store or prepare your child’s lunch is another thing…
8th Grade: Social Media and Your Teen
8th-grade-social-media-and-your-teen. Broaching the topic of social media usage and self-image with our teens is often challenging—talking about it in a vacuum, even more so. Pop culture films, such as Bo Burnham’s 8th Grade, shed some light on real issues affecting our teens.
Why We Teach Our Kids Failure Is Good!
Why-we-should-teach-our-kids-failure-is-good. In our increasing culture of install-perfect lives, there has begun a trend towards creating a perfect appearance. But, it’s driving kids into major stress. There doesn't seem to be any room for failure? Or mistakes?
Building Good Study Habits Takes Longer than 21 Days
Building-good-habits-takes-longer-than-21-days. Many parents come to this company wondering how long tutoring and coaching should take before their child becomes an A student.
Top Study Tip #4: Create a Study Area
Top-study-tip-4-create-a-study-area. Students always ask us: What determines a good study area from a bad study area?
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.
The ERB vs ISEE: What is the Difference?
The-erb-vs-the-isee-what-is-the-difference. There are several key differences between the ISEE and the ERB. Here they are!
An ACT Success Story: Jake K
An-act-success-story-jake-knight. Jake started with a composite score of 19 on his initial diagnostic. A junior at a competitive private school in the Los Angeles area, he struggled with math fundamentals and he self-identified as “bad at reading”. He also worried that he “was never taught any grammar in school.” Jake was concerned that he would not get into a competitive college with his initial score yet was ambivalent about the ACT Prep process.
Jake decided that he wanted to add in a couple more hours just to see if he could improve his August ACT score. He had climbed so significantly he felt that his initial diagnostic had no bearing on how much his score could lift. By the end of his ACT preparation, he improved his composite score by 9 points and, in his most improved section, he improved an incredible 14 points.
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