Study Skills

Resources for developing effective study habits, learning strategies, memory techniques, and academic success skills.

Study Skills Resources

Cover of How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens

How to Take Smart Notes

The standard English-language explanation of the Zettelkasten slip-box method: notes written to be linked and reused, not filed and forgotten.

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The Executive Functioning Workbook for Teens

A worksheet-based workbook the teenager completes themselves, building planning, time estimation and self-monitoring habits one short activity at a time.

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That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week

Ana Homayoun's parent guide to organizing disorganized middle and high schoolers, built on the binder-and-planner system she uses with private clients.

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Late, Lost, and Unprepared

A clinical psychologist's parent guide to executive functioning, organized skill by skill so you can work on the one your child actually struggles with.

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How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up

A short, cartoon-illustrated book written directly to kids aged 8-13 about why homework feels awful and what to actually do about it. Read it in an afternoon.

Cover of The Organized Student by Donna Goldberg and Jennifer Zwiebel

The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond

Donna Goldberg's practical system for teaching organisation — binders, backpacks, planners and workspaces — for the bright student who loses everything.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

Sean Covey's teen adaptation of the classic habits framework — goal-setting, prioritisation and personal responsibility, aimed at ages 12-17.

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Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying

Barbara Oakley's bestselling learning-science guide rewritten for ages 10-17, teaching focused and diffuse thinking, chunking, and how to beat procrastination.

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Learn Like a Pro: Science-Based Tools to Become Better at Anything

A short, 160-page distillation of Barbara Oakley's learning research, co-written with Olav Schewe — the fastest way into the material for an older teen.

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Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster

International Grandmaster of Memory Kevin Horsley shares powerful memory techniques and learning strategies to help students remember anything and learn faster.

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A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science

Barbara Oakley's bestselling guide to mastering math and science, based on her popular "Learning How to Learn" course — the world's most enrolled online class.

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Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

A groundbreaking book that draws on cognitive science research to reveal the most effective learning strategies — and why many common study techniques don't work.