Ever wish you knew how to help your hardworking teen get the results they really want and that match their effort and true potential? --- That’s exactly what you get with Katie Jones, award-winning high school teacher and international study coach, on the Parents of Hardworking Teens podcast. --- Katie’s specialty is making education and assessment clear and simple for both students and their parents, in a way that gets your teen top results, with less stress. --- Whether your teen is struggling to get the results they’re striving for, or is getting great grades but doing it with way too much struggle and strain, Katie will give you the insider info, proven tips and strategies to ensure your teen achieves their best possible success - and have you BOTH enjoy the journey along the way.
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.
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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 d...
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 ...
Ep. 140
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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 t...
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).
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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 wa...
Ep. 137
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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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Ep. 136
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Discover the critical thing your teen needs to know about any text they’re studying or analysing in English.
Whether it’s for an analytical essay on a novel or they’re preparing for an unseen text analysis, this episode is all abou...
Ep. 135
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One of the biggest hurdles, unintentional time wasters, and causes of lost marks is: lack of clarity on a task, essay question or assignment.
In this episode I share specific ways I check on students' clarity on various aspects...
Ep. 134
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If your teen's losing marks in exams due to small slips or silly mistakes under time pressure, then listen in to a real student story where we needed to dig deeper to identify the exact issues stopping them from getting the ma...
Ep. 133
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There are three groups of skills that generate the two outcomes almost all students and their parents want.
Discover what they are, why they create a double-whammy outcome and how your teen can master them!
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What to do with sources when they’re provided in an exam, inquiry report or for an extended response.
Discover the trap that many students fall into and what they need to do instead.
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Ep. 131
Students really dislike the planning stage of essays and extended responses.
I get it.
It feels like an extra chunk of work, when they really just want to get going with the writing.
But that would be a mistake.
Here are 3 reasons why your teen should plan EVERY extended response - whether it’s a 10 mark exam question, 2000 word essay or research inquiry or report style assignment...
so they create:
- a higher qu...
Ep. 130
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It doesn’t matter how motivated you are, if don’t know what you’re doing or how you're going to do it, it's gonna be very difficult to make progress.
Overwhelm and distraction are feelings an...
Ep. 129
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Unique is not necessarily better. In fact often, it can be worse. If it means that it’s more tricky to meet the criteria or find the information needed.
Unique is not considered as more clever by marki...
Ep. 128
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This sounds brutal, but...
Ep. 127
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It's no good letting students carry on thinking or studying in certain ways if it ...
Ep. 126
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There are explicit teaching / direct instruction ways ...
Ep. 125
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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If your teen is constantly doing their best, and sometimes you’re concerned about them burning out
OR
if your teen is NOT putting in their best and you’re concerned about that - then this episode is for you.
I beli...
Ep. 124
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So many students THINK they're studying hard, when actually they're just staying busy and FEELING productive.
This is a recipe for disappointment when the results just don't seem t...
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