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Parents of Hardworking Teens — 151 episodes
The Joy of Figuring Out Where Things Went Wrong
Why Students Resist Planning Before Writing - and 4 Reasons That'll Change Their Mind!
3 Key Systems That Create Calm Confidence
Tips for a Successful Transition to Uni
Add the RIGHT Detail
*THIS* is What Creates Momentum
Turn 'Lurking' Uncertainty into Clarity and Confidence
The FIRST Thing Your Teen Must Do Before Starting An Assignment
Top Tips You Don't Want to Miss
Top 5 Takeaways From External Examination Marking
Three Steps to Smarter, Faster Research
How to Figure Out the Focus of an Assignment
Creative Tasks Still Have Specific Requirements
"Miss... This is GOLD"
3 Things That Totally Changed How I See Study and Exams
The Critical Thing Your Teen Must Know for ANY English Text
How to Check for Clarity on a Task
Dig Deeper for More Marks
The 3 R's that Create Confidence AND Increase Results
Effective Use of Sources
Plan EVERY Extended Response
A Positive Mindset is Not Enough
Brutal Study Truth #3: Unique is Not Better
Brutal Study Truth #2: Markers Don't Care (and that's great news)
Brutal Study Truth #1:More is NOT More
The Number ONE Shortcut to Exam Success
'Effort Risk' (And how to minimise it)
Study Activity is Not The Same As Active Study
Don't Hire a Tutor Without Knowing This
Keys to Nailing a New Year Group
3 Subtle But Significant Demands of a New Year Group
The 80/20 Rule of Lost Marks
5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About External Exams
What's the Point? (No, really. What is it?)
Exams, Stress & Life Balance
Turn Exams Into Your Teen's Greatest Strength
What NOT to Say to a Stressed Student
Don't 'Write About' - 'Respond to'
How to Handle it Next Time
Plan For it NOT Going to Plan
Smart Decisions Under Time Pressure
Universal Skills
Types of Smart
How to Survive Group Work
VIP Benefits
Symbols of Study Success
The Secret to Streamlined Assignments
Posters and Print-Outs Don't Produce Skills
How Year 7 Success 'Sabotages' Senior Study
What's Causing Your Teen's Inconsistent Results?
5 Reasons Exam Technique is Essential
How Rock Solid is YOUR Teen's Study?
How Ambition Can Benefit Wellbeing
How to Stay Deceptively Busy (Yet Disappointingly Ineffective)
The 'Gap'
The Ultimate Compliment in an Assessment
How to Get the Most Useful Draft Feedback
Truth From Inside the Exam Hall
Revealed: How Formal Assessments Are Created (and why your teen should care!)
Finding the Weakest Link (and fixing it!)
3 Things That Knock Your Teen's Study Confidence
Failing Ahead of Time
Why Changing Study Habits is Hard
How to Succeed in Maths - With Eddie Woo
Is This Really Studying? (And Other Parent Qs)
Turning 'Stuck' Into Action Steps
How NOT to Note-Take!
Because Of or Despite?
The Lie of 'There's No Right or Wrong Answer'
Assessment Predictions
Ability Vs. Capacity
What to Do Less of?
Cause or Symptom?
When They 'Hate' or 'Struggle With' a Subject
Reverse-Engineering Success
Using Time Intentionally
Uncertainty in Exams
Fear of the Unknown
Not All Stress is Bad
Why A-Grade Exemplars Aren't All That
What Are You Doing Differently?
3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments
Perfect Vs. Productive
Dealing With Disappointing Results
Don't Hedge Your Bets
Minimise Decisions in the Exam Hall
"Add More Detail"
Shortcuts to a Stunning Short Story
'The Game'
Being Strategic
What Makes a High Quality Research Question
How to Choose a GREAT Topic in an Open Task
Set 'HOW' Goals
When Results DO Matter
Shorten Quotes to Get MORE Marks
'Clear' is NOT Basic, 'Succinct' IS Sophisticated
How to Write a Crazy-Good Critical Reflection
Staying Focused When Studying
Motivation Mindset Hack
Active Revision
... Asked No Exam Question, EVER
6 Elements of Exam Technique
Why Teaching to the Test Doesn't Work (and what to do instead)
The 4 Phases of Mastery
Hitting the Top Criteria in Extended Responses
How to Succeed in English - With Gemma Toms
Building Confidence
AI in Education
Habits to Start Early in High School
5 Ways to Create More Time
Hope is Not a Strategy
What Writing Tests Want
Questions to Ask Teachers at Parents' Evening
Why Aren't These Skills Being Taught?
Is it Really That Easy?
If Your Teen's Not Motivated
Questions That Create Success
Hardworking Vs. Overworking
Hidden Demands of Your Teen's New Year Group
7 Ways to Stay Stressed and Struggling as a Student
Stop, Start, Keep
If It's Not Difficult, It's Not Doing Anything
Two Words I Never Say (Anymore)
Diary of an External Examiner - Part 2
Diary of an External Examiner - Part 1
Is the 'Summer Slide' a thing?
Barely Staying Afloat
The Skill Web
Exam-Focus Q&A: Music During Study, Pre-exam Routine + Time Fixes
How to Support Your Teen (+ Survive!) During Exams - With Michelle Mitchell
[Part 2] 6 Secrets of a Senior Examiner
6 Secrets of a Senior Examiner [Part 1]
Q&A: Doing 'Extra Study' + Making Your Teen a Better Writer
The Truth Behind Creative Tasks
How to Stop Losing Marks in Maths Exams
BETTER Ways to Use Past Papers
Q&A: Subject Selection, Command Words and Perfectionism.
Get More From the Emotional Moments
Assessment Post-Mortems
Does Your Teen Need a Tutor?
[Part 2] Top 10 Mistakes Hardworking Students Make and How to Avoid Them
Top 10 Mistakes Hardworking Students Make and How to Avoid Them [Part 1]
'Just Do Your Best' - And Other Things They Don’t Wanna Hear
Supporting Your Teen: Parent Vs. Coach
Reducing Exam Stress
If Your Teen's Grades Dropped For No Reason
More Free Time, Without Sacrificing Grades
Essays That Actually 'Answer the Question'
What Exams Are REALLY Testing
Why Your Teen Sometimes Procrastinates (even though they want to get it done)
The Study Success Formula