All About Study Guidance

Over the years, we’ve noticed that every student goes through their education in what we would like to call a messy manner, no matter how organized they may be while starting out. Don’t believe us?  Remember that time you kept your books so clean and in ascending order of their height for the first few days of school, and were picking up pages and holding them together by the end of the term? What happens after the first term? We all know how that story goes. Well, this analogy applies to almost all the students through their student life, regardless of what stage they’re in. Keeping this in mind we’ve compiled a small list of daily habits to help you guys make life a little more organised and a little easier to manage. WAKE UP EARLY –  This cannot be emphasised enough! We know that as a student, few things come close to getting in bed late and waking up at your own sweet time whenever you can, but there’s nothing like starting your day early. You get enough time to pl...

Today Social Media has changed the world phenomenally and it has taken over our lives in such a way that things are never going to be the same again. Social interaction may have increased by ten-fold, but how much of that is human face to face interaction is a question that is best left out of the equation. People might be in the same room today, but still living the moment through their smartphones and viewing the world through their screens, not their eyes. You might be wondering how this is relevant to education or parenting in today’s times. Well, the fact of the matter is that social media is harming your child’s education and no one is aware of it.  Let’s start with the basics- validation! Social Media validation is something that has become of prime importance in the millennials mind and has reduced his attention span drastically. Today a child is exposed to social media from a very nascent age, because smart phone exposure almost directly results in social media exposur...

Education as a value system is one that is built on the ideal of effective communication. Right from the time of the Indian Gurukul system, where oral tradition of passing on knowledge from one generation to another occurred, to modern times, where content is delivered on online platforms for students to access worldwide, talking and delivering as well as listening and receiving, form imperative parts of the process of learning.  The only way forward is to channel this communication to make the process most effective and useful. Feedback is a relatively new concept, being used by teachers and students alike in order to identify and keep best practices and strengthen areas of development. While teachers/mentors/parents need to keep in mind that feedback must be constructive, specific and action oriented, the same applies for the approach of the person on the receiving end. Following are a few tips that will help you make the finest use of feedback and create the best version o...

When it comes to studying and exams, everyone seems to drown in chaos as time passes by swiftly, and the deadline edges close. But it doesn’t always have to be last minute study sessions and hasty, selective learning to pass! We’re bringing you 5 simple but proven study tips that work and get the job done, provided you utilize them! 1. Take short study breaks and go for a walk – Sitting in one place and trying to absorb knowledge can get very irritating, especially if you’re someone with a short attention span ( which is the case with most millennials) or someone who fidgets a lot. Rather than forcing yourself to sit in one place while your mind wanders away, take short brisk study breaks. Walk a little to refresh your mind and get the blood flowing to all the parts of your body so both your body and mind can wake up, and get back into study mode! 2. Teaching someone else – You might have noticed this, but nothing gets an idea or concept firmly planted in your head like when yo...

It is said that a good performer always has an ace up the sleeve. Gearing up for JEE Main needs to be accomplished in a well-organized way since it is dated close to the board exams. A better than average IITJEE coaching course presents appropriate topic-wise curriculum of questions and answers. It is also designed to fix pre-planned timelines for culmination to help the student get used to the pace. A dedicated course along with the student’s dedication helps in the following ways: Solves a range of tough questions Evaluates the student’s performance on complex questions Tallies individual student’s level and clocks it with that of other students As evident as it seems, students pick up the tempo much earlier to brace themselves for both the exams. They put in every effort towards finest performance in both the exams in their endeavor to ensure high scores. The last ten days are match-winners, provided you play them right. It all depends how physically and mentally you trai...

You always don’t get what you wish for. You get what you work for! A lot of students sit up straight and alert when they hear the words “mistakes to avoid”. If any of these ring a bell somewhere, this write up is just the thing you ought to read and while your mind digests the content, you also get to learn about the ‘do nots’ while gearing up for IIT-JEE. Slipping into minor computation lapses Not remembering to record positive or negative counts Ignoring errors Passing over to take care of FOIL or priority of activities Other seemingly slight constituents In majority of the cases, these errors are a lot more annoying since you realized the notion and you brainstormed through the obstacle and charted your plan of action and you were sure that you had everything in place, except a silly mistake. This is the reason we call them silly mistakes. Not to worry! All we need is a bit of contemplation and emphasis, to do away with these errors. We all commit mistakes. Neverthe...