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A Crash Course for Good Research

High school is all about learning, which is kind of why your teachers exist. But what’s the first...

8 Solutions to Your Study Problems

After a wild year filled with Covid restrictions and teacher absences, exam season is finally upon...

Why Learning Should Be Hard

We’ve all felt the pain of struggling through maths problem after maths problem, and the harder we...

Neuroplasticity

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

Maintaining New Habits

Introducing a new habit can be tough. It’s too easy to get demotivated, you forget to do what you...

How to Catch Up On Your Studies

We’re almost halfway through the year and with COVID-19, a truckload of assessments, and just life...

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How to Finally “Get” Maths, Once and for All

There’s nothing I hated at high school more than Maths. Not only were my...

Preparing For Your First NCEA Exam

It’s your first year of NCEA exams, and you’re looking at the stressed-out...

The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods

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

9 Study Hacks When You’re Unmotivated AF

When I was in high school, I knew exactly how much I was supposed to...

How to Prepare for Exams

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

A Procrastinator’s Guide to Planning

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

3 Ways to Study for Your Drama Exam

Before you read further… Everyone loves a little bit of drama. We’re all...

How to Study for Correspondence Subjects

Heaps of students opt for correspondence school to study their favourite...

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...

Why Failure is Okay

Failure’s often seen as a bad thing, but sometimes it can actually be good. We share how you can turn failure into success.

Planning your University Studies

In your last few years of high school, things can get pretty exciting. More...

How to Study with Past Exams

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

The Study Method You’re Forgetting: Retrieval Methods

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

How to Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

If you’re doing English, there’s a 100% chance you’ll be asked to...

How to Finally “Get” Maths, Once and for All

There’s nothing I hated at high school more than Maths. Not only were my...

Recognition Versus Recall

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

Why Critical Thinking Is So Important

In an age where information can be spread so easily, as GC’s (good citizens),...

Dealing with Exam Anxiety

You’re not weird if you often find yourself feeling particularly anxious...

The Science of Habit-Building

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

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 When Your Goals Aren’t Going To Plan

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

Maintaining New Habits

Introducing a new habit can be tough. It’s too easy to get demotivated, you...

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...