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In junior high and high school, teachers often hand out study guides to help students prepare for tests.

However, there’s a wrong way and a right way to use them, if you care about optimal learning!

Listen in for the full study guide scoop, including:

• the different kinds of study guides teachers hand out
• how to fill out that study guide in a way that helps, rather than hurts, your learning
• whether or not to use online quizzes as study guides
• what to do when your teacher doesn’t hand out a study guide,
• how to make sure that study guide becomes quizzable
• and more!

For more information about how to use study guides, check out one of Gretchen’s online anti-boring courses.

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Did you know that many of the practice SAT & ACT tests offered by companies to help you study — are fake?! Don’t fall for fake tests!

Megan walks you through how to make sure the practice tests you are taking are legit… and will actually help you study effectively for the ACT and SAT.

Specifically, she walks you through:

• What advertisements to watch out for so you don’t get bamboozled by fake practice tests
• Legitimate methods for taking practice tests
• Creative ways to get your teen to take “kitchen table” tests proctored by you
• How to get a baseline result
• Whether or not the PSAT will be helpful for you to take
• and more!

This From the Archives episode first appeared in January 2018.

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Parents, have you done an inventory recently of the way you talk about and to your kids? are you 100% sure it’s shame and blame free?

Join Elaine Taylor Klause in this interview as we discuss her “coach approach” to parenting, as described in her new book: The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids.

Also, if you want to watch the full recording of this interview, it will be inside Gretchen’s Anti-Boring Educators’ Club through January 2021. Join us for only $25 (instead of $55) by using this link.

Elaine Taylor-Klaus is a change agent: a mother of 3 complex kids, a parent educator, a writer, a health care advocate, a community entrepreneur, a public speaker, a facilitator, and a compassionate listener. She is also a certified professional coach, providing support for families around the globe raising children with complex needs. The co-founder and CEO of ImpactADHD.com, a virtual training and coaching resource for parents of kids with ADHD and related challenges, Elaine is a writer for publications like Huffington Post, Attention and ADDitude magazines. A regular presenter at national conferences, such as CHADD (Children & Adults with ADD) and the LDA (Learning Disability Association of America), she serves on the national Board of Directors of CHADD, chairing the Membership committee. She also serves as an expert voice for parents as part of Pfizer’s Making Moments education campaign.

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Putting together your college list is daunting at any time, much less during a global pandemic. However, there are some straightforward tips you can follow for how to research the best college for you during this strange time.

Megan walks you through these 7 tips:

• Start learning about schools early
• Do preliminary research online (website, data, virtual tours)
• Find out how the pandemic has impacted each campus (opening plans, financial stability, changes to programs)
• Seek out options (location, cost, selectivity)
• Identify your priorities and when/ if they change
• Still make in-person visits a priority for your top choice schools
• When in doubt, reach out (to admissions staff, your school guidance counselor, current students, etc.)

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