346: The Right and Wrong Ways to Use Study Guides to Prep for Tests

7 Dec

In junior high and high school, teachers often hand out study guides to help students prepare for tests.

However, there’s a wrong way and a right way to use them, if you care about optimal learning!

Listen in for the full study guide scoop, including:

  • the different kinds of study guides teachers hand out
  • how to fill out that study guide in a way that helps, rather than hurts, your learning
  • whether or not to use online quizzes as study guides
  • what to do when your teacher doesn’t hand out a study guide,
  • how to make sure that study guide becomes quizzable
  • and more!

For more information about how to use study guides, check out one of Gretchen’s online anti-boring courses.