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Explore curated learning strategies and tools to improve your performance in the classroom and the workplace.

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Balance

In this balance section, you’ll find resources on mental health, procrastination, perfectionism, sleep, downtime, habits, releasing ineffective strategies, and more.

Equity

In this equity section, you’ll hear about the ways some educators are actively addressing systemic inequities, find a list of on-campus resources, and learn why the art of code switching comes at a cost. 

Focus

In this focus section, you’ll encounter tips for working in productive bursts, learning mindfully, studying with a bunny buddy, and more.

Learning Diversity

In this learning diversity section, you’ll hear about some of the advantages of learning disabilities/differences, tips for students with ADHD, ways to circumvent speaking anxiety, and more.

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Memory

In this memory section, you’ll learn how to triple your memory capacity, create fresh mnemonics using a word generator, use shapes to recall a sequence of numbers, and more.

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Metacognition

In this metacognition section, you’ll learn how to choose metaphors that empower your learning process, use an app to celebrate positive habits, write a meaningful letter to your future self, and more.

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Note-Taking

In this note-taking section, you’ll learn how to turn meetings into transcripts, map concepts on a virtual whiteboard, track time-stamped material, and more.

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Reading

In this reading section, you’ll access a variety of text-to-speech readers, learn novel ways to track main ideas, discover the new SQ3R approach, and more.

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STEM

In this STEM section, you’ll discover a template for tracking common problem types, a free tool that allows you to listen to math problems, a method to build academic confidence, and more.

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Study Strategies

In this study strategies section, you’ll find research-based test prep. methods, intel on achieving flow states, ways reflection can fuel effective studying, and more.

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Test-Taking

In this test-taking section, you’ll get insider knowledge on how to manage test anxiety, ace multiple choice exams, use instructions as a checklist for success, and more.

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Time Management

In this time management section, you’ll access time management templates, uncover the "planning fallacy," convert distractors into motivators, and more.

Writing

In this writing section, you’ll learn how to use a project calculator to break your assignment into manageable steps, design a spider map, brush up your grammar, and more.