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Academic Coaching and Tutoring, Executive Functioning Skills, Getting Organized, Literary Terms, MLA, Organizing, Reading Skills, Sentence Patterns, Study Skills, Summer Reading, Summer Studies, Writing, Writing

Prepare Your Teen for High School Success

Parents, are you excited but nervous about high school, wondering if yourbe able to keep up with the studies and assignments?

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Mix It Up! Practice Interleaving and Spaced Studies

It’s natural to believe that if we focus on the material in a sequential manner until we’ve mastered it, that our brain will be…

Academic Coaching and Tutoring, Good Reads, Study Skills, Summer Reading, U. S. History

What I’m Reading & Listening to During Covid-19

Drs. Robert and Elizabeth Bjork Learning and Forgetting Lab UCLA on learning and performance, desirable difficulties, memory, retrieval and storage strength, interleaving versus blocked…

Getting Organized, Mrs. Gapper’s Tool Box, Organizing, Study Skills, Time Management

Semester Exam Preparations + Study Reminders

You can do this! Enjoy the process! GET READY FOR EACH EXAM – Do this about 3 weeks ahead. Divide the course material by…

ADHD, Mrs. Gapper’s Tool Box, Organizing, Study Skills, Time Management

Midterm Exam Study Reminders

Now is the time to make your exam study plans and gather the notes. It’s not too early. Really. Plan to study during the…

Study Skills

No Need to Race or Cram – Your Best Study Practice Comes in Small Chunks

Are you exhausted, tired of your school work? Educator, writer, and engineer, Barbara Oakley, Ph.D., says that “your brain is like a muscle—it can handle…