Study Hacker Blog

You know those days you’re in class and the teacher is droning on and on really slowly about something that just absolutely bores you. Those classes tend to feel like they are going on forever! And, you tend to learn very little. The same pattern also happens when...

Even though I often suggest handwriting your notes as a way to help memorisation, there are gonna be some times when typing them out is not just easier but necessary. If you’re in class and your teacher is firing info at you at 100/km per hour, typing will be a much...

You can hack your learning so that you are able to understand more content easily. This doesn’t mean that your grades will improve though. Improving your grades in school requires you to go well in assessments. No secrets there, obviously. But, you see, going well in...

Attention! If you’ve just finished school and want to live a life of pure awesomeness while steering clear of a future involving 9-5 desk jobs, then you better listen up. This is for you. You’ve just finished high school and are on your journey toward living the life...

Is this you when it comes to school and study? Or maybe you try to be organised but you’re still ruled by your naturally disorganised chaos? What can I say? Disorganisation happens even to the best of us! I’ve gotta be real with you here though. Organisation is a mega...

If only I could draw a link between smarties chocolate and your success. Sadly, I cannot. I can however, show you how smarties goal setting can help you succeed in school. I know, I know, it’s much less fun than chocolate but it is a great deal more important and...

Let’s cut straight to the chase. If you have ever believed in the phrase ‘old habits die hard’ or if you have any kind of belief around being able to eradicate old habits, forget about it. Research suggests that we can override bad habits with better ones but we...

You may have noticed that the results you get in school kinda depend on the strength of your memory. Often, it's not just a few things here and there that you need to memorise either. We're talking stacks of information from a number of textbooks. You know, it's a...

My dad so often told me that when making big life decisions, it is sometimes easier to “throw spaghetti on the wall and see what sticks”. He didn’t mean literal spaghetti by the way. It was his way of telling me that it’s totally ok to have a go at everything and then...

Perhaps one of the most important questions that educational researchers have asked over the years is whether test anxiety has an impact on grades. Long story short, it does. If you are stressed out during an exam, you will likely get lower grades than if you’re not...

Look, I ain’t gonna bust your balls here. Though, I have got to warn you that the truth is not as pretty as you may like to hope it is. Research indeed suggests that exam stress means you are likely to have lower grades than what you deserve. *Insert gasps of shock...