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Why Most Students Don’t Understand the Real Goal of Note-Taking

January 26, 2023August 9, 2007

College students know that note taking is important. Walk into any classroom and you are going see every student typing or jotting down something. But … Read more

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Around the Web: LifeHack’s Research Advice for Students

January 26, 2023August 6, 2007

Dustin Wax, over at LifeHack.org, recently posted an article on conducting better student research: Advice for Students: 10 Steps Towards Better Research It’s certainly worth … Read more

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Monday Master Class: Three Unexpected Study Tips

January 26, 2023August 6, 2007

Most study advice, admittedly, is not all that surprising: study earlier, have a schedule, don’t write papers drunk. Occasionally, however, in the course of my … Read more

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How Do You Handle E-mails You Don’t Know How to Answer?

January 26, 2023August 2, 2007

Like many productivity junkies, I’m a fan of the Inbox Zero concept, meaning I try to maintain an empty e-mail inbox. There is, however, one … Read more

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The Straight-A Gospels: Studying is a Technical Skill

January 26, 2023August 2, 2007

This is the second post in a three-part series focusing on the Straight-A Gospels. Today we focus on Gospel #2: Studying is a Technical Skill … Read more

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From the Web: Introducing Academic Productivity

January 26, 2023August 1, 2007

I aim to occasionally introduce other online resources that provide a unique take on similar topics. Today, I wanted to present: Academic Productivity. This blog, … Read more

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Monday Master Class: Never Take Books Out of the Library

January 26, 2023July 30, 2007

The wrong way to conduct paper research Gather up a bunch of books and journals that seem relevant to your topic. Dump them in your … Read more

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The Straight-A Gospels: Pseudo-Work Does Not Equal Work

January 26, 2023July 26, 2007

This is the first post in a three-part series focusing on the Straight-A Gospels — the core concepts behind my book, How to Become a … Read more

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Cal launched the "Study Hacks" blog at calnewport.com in 2007, and has been regularly publishing essays here ever since. Over 2,000,000 people a year visit this site to read Cal's weekly posts about technology, productivity, and the quest to live and work deeply in an increasingly distracted world, while tens of thousands more subscribe to have these essays delivered directly to their inbox (see the sign-up form below). To read more, you can browse more than 15 years of past essays in the archive.
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