Turbocharged Study Skills Courses

Do your grades not match your effort? Are you getting good grades, but at the expense of everything else you enjoy? Are you feeling overwhelmed by your workload? Our Turbocharged Study Skills course will support any secondary or university student in becoming an expert, 'self-regulated' learner, able to achieve at the highest levels while still being able to thrive in your life outside of school. 

• You have ambitious goals but your effort, motivation and time-management are making it hard for your to reach them
• You're working really hard, but your grades don't match your effort
• All you do is study and you don't have time for friends, family, things you enjoy, or sleep
• You want to become a more effective, efficient learner and think brain-boosting strategies are a great place to start
• You want to develop a comprehensive approach to learning that will help you improve in all aspects of learning and performance

This course includes 20 comprehensive, engaging, highly interactive lessons. By the end of this course, you'll see the process of learning - and yourself as a learner - in a whole new way. We hope you're excited to begin your journey!

Do you frequently get stuck in cycles of motivation and procrastination? Does the term 'workload paralysis' sound all too familiar? Are you surviving, not thriving, in school? 

• Your motivation and effort get in the way of achieving your goals
• You go through cycles of motivation and 'workload paralysis' that leave you feeling frustrated or guilty
• You're working really hard but procrastination makes you less efficient that you feel you should be 
• You want to better understand how to use neuroscience to improve your learning and motivation

Our Turbocharged 'Science of Learning, Mindset and Motivation' course includes 11 comprehensive, engaging, highly interactive lessons. By the end of this course you will be equipped with a deep understanding of learning, mindset and motivation and have developed powerful habits and strategies needed to turbocharge your achievement in high school or university. 

Do you often find yourself using easy or unimportant tasks to procrastinate and find larger, important tasks constantly hanging over your head? Does rushing big assignments right before the deadline impact your grades and confidence? Are you feeling overwhelmed by your workload? 

• You have ambitious goals but your workload is more than you can successfully cope with
• Your precious time is being wasted by procrastination or spending too much time on things that just aren't that important
• You're working really hard but things seem to take you longer than they should, leaving little time for anything but studying
• You want to be academically successful but balance in your life is also important

Our Turbocharged Time-Management Strategies course includes 5 comprehensive, engaging, highly interactive lessons. By the end of this course, you'll be able to thrive, rather than survive, over the remainder of your academic journey.

Could you be getting more out of your academic reading? Does it take you ages to make sense of what you read and even longer to figure out how to apply what you learned to academic tasks? Do you often wonder why the grades you achieve on your written work don't quite match the effort you put in? 

• You're not sure you're getting what you're supposed to be getting out of assigned readings 
• Writing essays feels like a guessing game with each of your teachers expecting something different 
• Reading and writing take longer than you feel they should
• You want to become a more effective, efficient reader and writer and don't know where to start

Our Turbocharged: Advanced Reading and Writing Skills course includes 4 comprehensive, engaging, highly interactive lessons. By the end of this course, you will have adopted a highly effective - and efficient! - approach to these core academic skills. 

Do you find yourself spending hours memorising content? Does it seem like no matter how well you know the information, you struggle when it comes to exam-style questions, or test and exam pacing? Do you often wonder why the grades you achieve on tests, quizzes and exams don't quite match the effort you put in? 

• The learning strategies you use aren't paying off when it comes to quizzes, tests or exams
• Or, maybe you do fine on tests and quizzes, but exams are another story 
• Knowing the content doesn't seem to translate to top achievement like it used to
• You're aiming for deep understanding, the ability to apply knowledge and skills, and long-term retention

Our Turbocharged Learning Strategies course can be completed on its own or as an add-on to our Turbocharged Study Skills course. It includes 11 comprehensive, engaging, highly interactive lessons that unpack each of the Desirable Difficulties and will help you apply these evidence-based strategies effectively and efficiently in your own learning. 

Do you break out into a cold sweat at the thought of a maths exam? Does it seem like no matter how well you understand what was taught in class, it goes out the window when you have to work through problems later? Do you often wonder why the grades you achieve on tests, quizzes and exams don't quite match the effort you put in? 

• The approach you take to learning in maths isn't paying off when it comes to quizzes, tests or exams
• You are motivated to do well but struggle with maths anxiety 
• Understanding the maths doesn't seem to translate to top achievement like it used to
• You want to improve your performance in maths and have realised that tutoring isn't the answer

Our Turbocharged Mathematics Do-Over course can be completed on its own or as an add-on to our Turbocharged Study Skills course. It includes 11 comprehensive, engaging, highly interactive lessons that will help you develop effective approaches to learning maths, reducing anxiety, closing gaps and supporting success in this all-important gateway subject.

Do you tend to sit in classes, crossing your fingers that your teachers won't call on you? Does it seem like everyone else gets it, while you feel a bit lost? Do you wish you could be a bit more proactive and take more ownership of your own learning? Our Turbocharged Self-Advocacy and Previewing course will support any secondary or university student in developing a more proactive approach, leveraging their relationships with their teachers, and becoming confident participators in class discussions.

• You're very motivated but not confident when it comes to class participation
• You sometimes struggle understand the content taught in lessons if you also are expected to take notes and participate in class  
• The pace of instruction is just a bit too quick to let you process the information
• Your teacher's way of teaching doesn't really match your way of learning

Our Turbocharged Self-Advocacy and Previewing Skills course includes 2 comprehensive, engaging, highly interactive lessons that will help you develop the confidence and skills to get the most out of every lesson, regardless of whether you are in high school, university or beyond.