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Neuroplasticity

What is neuroplasticity, and why should we care? If you’ve just hopped onto...

Why You Might Be Feeling Unmotivated

We’ve made it through alert levels 3 and 4. Now we’re in level 2, we’re back...

What to do in High School to Prepare for University

Getting to finish high school, move out of home, and start to study for a...

The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods

Retrieval methods refer to the ability to access information from your noggin...

Why Learning Should Be Hard

We’ve all felt the pain of struggling through maths problem after maths...

How to Improve Your Focus In and Out of the Classroom

We know what it’s like. You’re sitting in your fifth period class, trying to...

How To Get Back Into the School Year

We all know the feeling. One minute you’re lying on the beach with your...

Understanding University Degrees

As the end of year 13 sneaks closer and closer, so do big decisions about your...

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

Have you ever seen a really good diagram in class, and it just made so much...

Has Your Motivation Hit a Wall? Here’s How To Push Through

Do you find yourself going to the library only to waste your day staring at a...

How to Improve Your Focus In and Out of the Classroom

We know what it’s like. You’re sitting in your fifth period class, trying to...

What To Do When Your Goals Aren’t Going To Plan

We all know that sinking feeling you get when you realise that you aren’t...

How to Effectively Study with a Past Paper

So you’ve decided that since exams are coming up, it might be time to do some...

The Science of Habit-Building

Why are Habits Important? “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend...

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

Goal-making is a notoriously common task you’re asked to do at the beginning...

7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out

NCEA results come out tomorrow.  Whether you’re actively dreading it or...

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

With mock exams right around the corner, and NCEA externals following soon...

A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning

Before we dig into the details of our planning guide, we just want to combat a...

6 Step Guide to Writing a Killer Essay

At high school, particularly here in New Zealand, ideas are always assessed in...

How to Prepare for Exams

Let’s all stop kidding ourselves - studying for exams is insanely hard. The...

How to Study with Past Exams

Attempting past exam papers seems like a solid use of your study time when you...

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

Have you ever seen a really good diagram in class, and it just made so much...

Recognition Versus Recall

What’s the Difference? If we were to insert the Burger King logo here and...

Why Learning Should Be Hard

We’ve all felt the pain of struggling through maths problem after maths...

What To Do When Your Goals Aren’t Going To Plan

We all know that sinking feeling you get when you realise that you aren’t...

Dealing with Multiple Assessments

Having a mile-long list of things you need to get done is one of the worst...

8 Solutions to Your Study Problems

After a wild year filled with Covid restrictions and teacher absences, exam...

A Crash Course for Good Research

High school is all about learning, which is kind of why your teachers exist....

The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods

Retrieval methods refer to the ability to access information from your noggin...

Why You Might Be Feeling Unmotivated

We’ve made it through alert levels 3 and 4. Now we’re in level 2, we’re back...