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A Guide to Marzano's 6-Step Approach for Effective Vocabulary Instruction

A Guide to Marzano’s 6-Step Approach for Effective Vocabulary Instruction

Vocabulary plays an important role in reading comprehension and literacy development. But what is the best approach to effectively growing my vocabulary? You ask.  An educational researcher and author, Robert J. Marzano, identified vocabulary development as one of the key elements in the educational process and developed a six-step method for enhancing it.  In this […]

Which Foods Improve Memory

Which Foods Improve Memory?

Keeping up with a healthy diet is essential to improving your cognitive abilities and concentration. Therefore, the foods we consume not only have a relationship with our bodies but also our minds. The brain can’t function without sufficient calories. While your brain only represents 2% of your body weight, it burns around 350 to 450 calories daily. […]

How to Improve Reading Speed for SAT

How to Improve Reading Speed for SAT (Read This First!)

Are you preparing for SAT and desire to score a perfect 800 on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section?  Reading comprehension is a vital part of SAT, and understanding how to improve your reading speed is very essential if you want a perfect SAT reading score.  The faster you can read and assimilate what you […]

How to Speed Read on Kindle

How to Speed Read on Kindle (Explained for Beginners)

Are you trying to find ways to read books in less time and understand every word? Reading at a fast pace is useless if you don’t understand a word. So, we’re not going to talk about how to skim each page or read the first and last paragraphs to know the story.  These “tricks” devalue […]

How to Speed Read and Remember Everything

How to Speed Read and Remember Everything

You need to create goals, exercise mindfulness, lessen subvocalization, scan the text for keywords, connect new knowledge to what you already know, train your brain with impressions, associations, and repetition, take notes, and write summaries to speed read and retain everything. Everybody enjoys a good book. And when we’re done, we can still recall the […]

How to Speed Read Piano Chord Symbols

How to Speed Read Piano Chord Symbols

Playing piano efficiently requires learning different skills to improve yourself. The piano is an instrument that harmonizes different notes to produce the sounds listeners hear.  A fundamental skill to achieving some mastery in this field is knowing how to read chords.  You must undergo certain practice sessions and key lessons to understand how to speed-read […]