The Genius Myth: The Danger of Worshiping “Exceptional” Students
The Young and Exceptional In a recent article for the Chronicle of Higher Education, professor Rachel Toor asks: Who feels at home in a place … Read more
Q & A: Coming Up With Innovative Activities, Skimming Fiction, and Making the Morse Code Method More Studyable
From the reader mailbag: I read your article on activity innovation. Here’s my question: how do I find the “ultimate” activity for my field of … Read more
Reporter from Money Magazine Looking for Students to Interview
A Major Choice I chatted this morning with a reporter from Money Magazine (over 8 million readers per month). She’s working on an article about … Read more
Monday Master Class: Five Pieces of Unexpected Back to School Advice
Advice, Advice Everywhere… The good thing about this season is that back to school advice is available everywhere you turn. The problem, however, is that … Read more
How Many Hours Do You Have to Work to Feel Productive?
Time Wasters The Academic Productivity blog recently asked the following question: What are your one or two biggest wastes of time? The question was aimed … Read more
Monday Master Class: A Crash Course in the Straight-A Method
Manila-Flavored Advice I recently did an interview with the Manila Bulletin, in which I discussed the basic ideas underpinning the Straight-A Method (the framework for … Read more
Study Hacks Goes to Canada
Study, ‘Eh? Greetings from Toronto! I’m here presenting a paper at a computer science conference. You would think I would have loads of free internet-connected … Read more
Does Where You Go To School Matter? (And Why Reporters Get This Wrong…)
The Person or the Pedigree? A recent article in the Wall Street Journal reports the results of a major compensation survey. The clear conclusion was … Read more
