MINNEAPOLIS — An important deadline is approaching, and we're not talking about Christmas shopping. End of semester exams are coming up for students of all ages. Finals exams are just hours away.

It is the time of the semester when students start sending emails asking "What is the best way to study for the upcoming test?" Usually, these emails arrive a couple of days before the first big test ...

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Mr. Willingham is a psychologist at the University of Virginia and the author, most recently, of “Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning Is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy.” Picture your preschooler’s ...

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Pencil rests on open study book with image of graph and math problems. For a few weeks in the spring of 2016, nearly all the eighth graders at a small public school affiliated with Columbia University ...

UW students officially returned to class Thursday, Sept. 4. with the rush of beginning the semester, students might be looking for new and improved ways to study and excel in their classes. A study ...

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