Crush School Student Guide: Learn Faster, Study Smarter, Remember More, and Make School Easier

By Oskar Cymerman

Learn Faster. Study Smarter. Remember More. Make School Easier.

Most students are told to study harder.

Read the chapter. Take notes. Pay attention. Do the homework. Prepare for the test. Try your best.

That sounds fine, except for one major problem: many students are never taught how learning actually works.

So they waste time rereading, cramming, highlighting, memorizing random facts, and hoping it all sticks long enough to survive the next quiz.

Crush School Student Guide gives students a better way.

This fun, practical learning-how-to-learn guide helps students understand how their brains work and how to use smarter learning strategies to improve in any subject. Instead of spending more and more time studying the wrong way, students learn specific microskills that help them focus, remember, practice, plan, solve problems, complete projects, prepare for tests, and become more confident learners.

This is not a boring study skills book.

It is a student-friendly guide packed with short lessons, quick activities, reflection prompts, brain breaks, learning strategies, and practical tools students can use in school right away.

Inside, students will learn how to:

Set academic goals and break them into smaller stepsBuild better focus and avoid distractionsRead actively and take better notesUnderstand how memory worksUse visual memory, association, and memory palacesSummarize information so it actually sticksBeat procrastination and stop feeling overwhelmedUse recall, retrieval practice, spaced practice, and smart practiceStudy for tests without relying on last-second crammingComplete school projects with less stressImprove critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving, and decision-makingCreate stronger presentationsBuild confidence by becoming more competent at learning itself

The guide is organized into three practical sections:

Part 1: Building a Better Platform helps students understand their brains, habits, focus, memory, goals, reading, note-taking, and active learning.

Part 2: Get Ahead of the Curve teaches students how to use retrieval practice, spaced practice, smart practice, test preparation, project planning, teamwork, curiosity, and failure as tools for growth.

Part 3: Accelerate and Don't Look Back helps students develop advanced learning skills, including critical thinking, creativity, innovation, difficult concept mastery, faster reading, memory palaces, and better presentations.

Students do not need another lecture about trying harder.

They need strategies that show them how to learn smarter.

Whether used at home, in advisory, AVID, study skills, learning strategies, middle school, high school, or college readiness programs, Crush School Student Guide gives students a practical system for building the skills school often expects them to already have.

Better students are not born.

They are built through better habits, better strategies, and a better understanding of how learning works.

Learn faster. Study smarter. Remember more. Crush school.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1722826215
• ISBN13: 9781722826215
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"