Ep. 144 -

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This recent Science assignment task proves why students should always START out on any assignment task with the thing they usually check LAST, if they want to:

• Avoid wasting time and effort on things that won't earn them any marks.
• Make the whole assignment smoother and faster to complete.
• Give themselves the best opportunity to hit the top criteria.

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Ep. 143

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The tips, insights and examples that may have flown under your radar this year, but I think you and your teen really, REALLY need to know.

Listen in to discover:

• How to figure out what's actually important in creative and extended tasks - so your teen knows where to focus their time and effort.
• The one question that'll tell you whether or not your teen would benefit from a tutor - so you don't waste your money or your teen's time.
• The overlap between skills that creates a double-whammy positive impact to save time and increase results.
• Why and how your teen needs to switch from 'writing about' to 'responding to' any exam question.
• And much more!

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• Episode 24: The Skill Web
• Episode 114: Don't 'Write About', 'Respond To'
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Ep. 142

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I've just marked over 400 pages of student responses this year for the Y12 ATAR external exams.

Listen in for my top 5 takeaways from that experience that I want all students and their parents to know and learn from - so they do more of what gets marks, less of what doesn't and with a whole lot more confidence along the way.

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Ep. 141

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Research can be a HUGE time sap for students.

Whether it's researching information for an investigation, sources for an inquiry, or finding data for a report, finding relevant and high quality information, and then sifting and sorting through it all can lead to:

- hours spent down rabbit holes

- long evenings spend swamped and overwhelmed by info

- frustration trying to find studies that may not even exist.

Listen in to discover three steps that will help your teen find better quality information, faster, and have them actually understand what they find!

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• Ep. 140: How to Figure Out The Focus of an Assignment www.rocksolidstudy.com/140
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Ep. 140

→ Get the Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.
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The focus of an assignment or project is not always what it first appears to be.

Take this example:
> Design a Photo Story about a particular topic related to food security.

It would make sense for a student to put a lot of time, effort and focus into the photos part of this assignment.

However, this is not the focus of the assignment.
It's not where the student should be putting their focus.
As proven by the fact that NOT ONE of the mark scheme criteria even mentioned 'photos' (or images, pictures or anything else like that).

And that mark scheme, rubric or success criteria is precisely how your teen can figure this out for themselves.

Listen in to discover:

• What the marker training taught me about the task being set vs. the skills being tested.
• What's actually important in creative and open tasks (hint: it's NOT coming up with an interesting or unique idea!)
• Why your teen shouldn't 'hedge their bets' when they're unsure about something - with mark scheme proof!
• The overlap between skills that creates a double-whammy impact (positive or negative).
• And much more!

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Ep. 139

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The third thing that totally changed how I see study, exams and assessment:

- My experience as a NAPLAN Writing Test marker (and non-English specialist teacher).

Listen in to discover:

• What the marker training taught me about the task being set vs. the skills being tested.
• What's actually important in creative and open tasks (hint: it's NOT coming up with an interesting or unique idea!)
• Why your teen shouldn't 'hedge their bets' when they're unsure about something - with mark scheme proof!
• The overlap between skills that creates a double-whammy impact (positive or negative).
• And much more!

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Ep. 138

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Discover the unexpected reaction of one student when I shared the insights and training in exam technique, mark schemes and rubric criteria, with one particular class.

This was the moment I realised hardworking students really do want the stuff that is boring yet useful, dry yet impactful, tough to decipher yet critical to success in assessments.

They just don’t ask for it, because they don’t realise they’re missing it.

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Ep. 137

→ Get the Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.
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These are the 3 moments that started and then led me deep into the world of exams, exam marking, assessment and the discovery that subject knowledge alone isn't the key to academic success.

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