THINK TANK - Better Grades in Less Time: How to Help Your Students Learn Efficiently
Session Description
If your students would like more time to sleep, hang out with friends, play videogames, read for fun, practice something, or chill, they’re good candidates for improved study skills and time management.
If you'd like your students to feel more confident, procrastinate less, work more efficiently, or enjoy working hard to learn things, you’ll love learning how to help them learn more efficiently.
Come for the candor, stay for the strategies, and leave with a personalized plan to help your student learn how to learn. Bring your toughest questions!
Target audience
ALL
Submitter
Paul Rivas, MA, SMITH RIVAS Study Skills & Academic Coaching
Presenters
Paul Rivas, MA, SMITH RIVAS Study Skills & Academic Coaching
Brief biographical sketch, to include educational background
Paul Rivas is the author of This Book Will Not Be on the Test, recently published by Rowman & Littlefield.
Prior to discovering study skills he studied literature in Mexico City, backpacked from Spain to Syria, performed stand-up comedy in Spanish in Buenos Aires, and traveled from Argentina to the United States by bus.
Paul has a BA in Mathematics, Sociology, and Spanish from UC Santa Barbara, and an MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from The New School.
He lives in DC with his wife and Barry the Study Dog.
Nancy Levonian, PhD, Lives Under Construction
Brief biographical sketch, to include educational background
Nancy Levonian is an educational consultant and owner of Lives Under Construction – college counseling for the intelligent, curious, and adventurous – since 2010. She has an SB from MIT and a PhD in Geophysics from UC Santa Cruz.