Parents of Hardworking Teens Podcast

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125: 'Effort Risk' (And how to minimise it)

124: Study Activity is Not The Same As Active Study

123: Don't Hire a Tutor Without Knowing This

122: Keys to Nailing a New Year Group

121: 3 Subtle But Significant Demands of a New Year Group

120: The 80/20 Rule of Lost Marks

119: 5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About External Exams

118: What's the Point? (No, really. What is it?)

117: Exams, Stress & Life Balance

116: Turn Exams Into Your Teen's Greatest Strength

115: What NOT to Say to a Stressed Student

114: Don't 'Write About' - 'Respond to'

113: How to Handle it Next Time

112: Plan For it NOT Going to Plan

111: Smart Decisions Under Time Pressure

110: Universal Skills

109: Types of Smart

108: How to Survive Group Work

107: VIP Benefits

106: Symbols of Study Success

105: The Secret to Streamlined Assignments

104: Posters and Print-Outs Don't Produce Skills

103: How Year 7 Success 'Sabotages' Senior Study

102: What's Causing Your Teen's Inconsistent Results?

101: 5 Reasons Exam Technique is Essential

100: How Rock Solid is YOUR Teen's Study?

99: How Ambition Can Benefit Wellbeing

98: How to Stay Deceptively Busy (Yet Disappointingly Ineffective)

96: The Ultimate Compliment in an Assessment

95: How to Get the Most Useful Draft Feedback

94: Truth From Inside the Exam Hall

93: Revealed: How Formal Assessments Are Created (and why your teen should care!)

92: Finding the Weakest Link (and fixing it!)

91: 3 Things That Knock Your Teen's Study Confidence

90: Failing Ahead of Time

89: Why Changing Study Habits is Hard

88: How to Succeed in Maths - With Eddie Woo

87: Is This Really Studying? (And Other Parent Qs)

86: Turning 'Stuck' Into Action Steps

85: How NOT to Note-Take!

84: Because Of or Despite?

83: The Lie of 'There's No Right or Wrong Answer'

82: Assessment Predictions

81: Ability Vs. Capacity

80: What to Do Less of?

79: Cause or Symptom?

78: When They 'Hate' or 'Struggle With' a Subject

77: Reverse-Engineering Success

76: Using Time Intentionally

75: Uncertainty in Exams

74: Fear of the Unknown

73: Not All Stress is Bad

72: Why A-Grade Exemplars Aren't All That

71: What Are You Doing Differently?

70: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart) Students Make in Exams and Assignments

69: Perfect Vs. Productive

68: Dealing With Disappointing Results

67: Don't Hedge Your Bets

66: Minimise Decisions in the Exam Hall

65: Add More Detail

64: Shortcuts to a Stunning Short Story

62: Being Strategic

61: What Makes a High Quality Research Question

60: How to Choose a GREAT Topic in an Open Task

59: Set 'HOW' Goals

58: When Results DO Matter

57: Shorten Quotes to Get MORE Marks

56: 'Clear' is NOT Basic, 'Succinct' IS Sophisticated

55: How to Write a Crazy-Good Critical Reflection

54: Staying Focused When Studying

53: Motivation Mindset Hack

52: Active Revision

51. ...Asked No Exam Question, EVER

50. 6 Elements of Exam Technique

49. Why Teaching to the Test Doesn't Work (and what to do instead)

48. The 4 Phases of Mastery

47. Hitting the Top Criteria in Extended Responses

46. How to Succeed in English

45. Building Confidence

44. AI in Education

43. Habits to Start Early in High School

42. 5 Ways to Create More Time

41. Hope is Not a Strategy

40. What Writing Tests Want

39. Questions to Ask Teachers at Parents' Evening

38. Why Aren't These Skills Being Taught?

37. Is it Really That Easy?

36. If Your Teen's Not Motivated

35. Questions That Create Success

34. Hardworking Vs. Overworking

33. Hidden Demands of Your Teen's New Year Group

32. 7 Ways to Stay Stressed and Struggling as a Student

31. Stop, Start, Keep

30. If It's Not Difficult, It's Not Doing Anything

29. Two Words I Never Say (Anymore)

28. Diary of an External Examiner - Part 2

27. Diary of an External Examiner - Part 1

26. Is the 'Summer Slide' a thing?

25. Barely Staying Afloat

24. The Skill Web

23. Exam-Focus Q&A: Music During Study, Pre-exam Routine + Time Fixes

22. How to Support Your Teen (+ Survive!) During Exams

21. [Part 2] 6 Secrets of a Senior Examiner

20. 6 Secrets of a Senior Examiner [Part 1]

19. Q&A: Doing 'Extra Study' + Making Your Teen a Better Writer

18. The Truth Behind Creative Tasks

17. How to Stop Losing Marks in Maths Exams

16. BETTER Ways to Use Past Papers

15. Q&A: Subject Selection, Command Words and Perfectionism

14. Get More From the Emotional Moments

13. Assessment Post-Mortems

12. Does Your Teen Need a Tutor?

11. [Part 2] Top 10 Mistakes Hardworking Students Make and How to Avoid Them.

10. [Part 1] Top 10 Mistakes Hardworking Students Make and How to Avoid Them.

9. 'Just Do Your Best' - And Other Things They Don’t Wanna Hear

8. Parent Vs. Coach: Supporting Your Teen

7. Reducing Exam Stress

6. If Your Teen's Grades Dropped For No Reason

5. More Free Time, Without Sacrificing Grades

4. Essays That Actually 'Answer the Question'

3. What Exams Are REALLY Testing

2. Why Your Teen Sometimes Procrastinates (even though they want to get it done)

1. The Study Success Formula

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