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Exam Preparation with Smart Studying Strategies
Our brains are wired to forget so try these proven strategies from neuroscience to help you reinforce your learning and assist with your exam preparation. Taking handwritten notes rather than using your laptop allows you to remember more and have
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Our brains are wired to forget so try these proven strategies from neuroscience to help you reinforce your learning and assist with your exam preparation. Taking handwritten notes rather than using your laptop allows you to remember more and have
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Referencing @ Mt A
It’s timely at this time of the term to remind teachers and students that they can use the information below about Referencing @MtA as well as our iCentre Tutorials with instructions of how to use CiteMaker, to support their research
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Getting Organised for 2019
Learning how to be organised and study effectively is an important skill for secondary school students. As the new year begins, it’s important that students spend time setting their study goals for the year, organising their diaries and marking in
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Study Tips for Students
Do you ever find yourself procrastinating? You mean to start work on an assignment, but you just keep putting it off until it ends up being a mad rush the night before it is due. The Overcoming Procrastination unit at
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Learning how to be organised and study effectively is an important skill for secondary school students. We subscribe to Dr. Prue Salter’s Study Skills Handbook which provides resources, worksheets, and tips to help you establish effective study habits. You can find
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Two New Digital Magazine Subscriptions
We have recently purchased two new magazine subscriptions to The Monthly and Quarterly Essay. These will be particularly useful resources for our senior students and will support their research inquiries. Students are encouraged to explore these new resources and add them to
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#LikeaGirl Mindset for 2018
Start the new school year with a powerful mindset that will allow you to embrace failure as fuel to build your confidence. Be inspired by the wisdom gained from Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls Fueled by Failure Summit and the Always #LikeAGirl campaign held in response to
Read MoreSmart Studying Strategies
Our brains are wired to forget so try these proven strategies from neuroscience to help you with your studies and reinforce your learning. Taking handwritten notes rather than using your laptop allows you to remember more and have a deeper
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Making the Most of Feedback
As students head into exam sessions, it is important that they learn how to make the most of the feedback they receive after the exams are returned. It is also timely to remind students that the iCentre has a subscription
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