Jane Genovese – The Study Hacks Masterclass

Learn practical strategies to supercharge your study, improve your focus, and achieve your personal best.

What’s the Study Hacks Masterclass about?

The Study Hacks Masterclass is designed to help students cultivate effective study habits and healthy lifestyle practices.

Through short videos and quizzes, students will learn:

• How to study smarter, not harder
• How to be a ‘completionist’ (not a perfectionist)
• How to stop procrastinating
• How to manage distractions from Big Tech and focus their mind
• How to take good notes
• How to eat for maximum brain power
• And much, much more!

Study Hacks sets out to help students make tiny improvements in a range of areas. Over time, these tiny improvements have a dramatic impact on students’ ability to learn and their wellbeing.

It covers over 50 different study strategies and mental tools to help you achieve study success (see full curriculum below).

Why is this program needed?

Students don’t just magically pick up effective learning strategies. They need to be taught these strategies.

Unless they are taught how to learn, many students will continue to reread their books and notes over and over again, rewrite their notes, or highlight entire paragraphs of information. These old-fashined study methods are painful, boring, and not very effective.

There is a better way. The Study Hacks Masterclass shows students how to save time by studying more effectively.

What You’ll Learn In The Study Hacks Masterclass

Welcome to the Study Hacks Masterclass

• The Study Hacks Masterclass: Here! (1:55)
• What is a Study Hack? (3:25)
• Tips for taking this program
• Pre-course exercise 1: Letter to your Future Self (Recommended)
• Pre-course exercise 2: Self assessment tool (Optional)

Turbocharge your brain with sleep

• The importance of restorative sleep (3:50)
• The reality of sleep deprivation (8:59)
• Exploring Revenge Bedtime Procrastination (9:53)
• Super sleep solutions: How to get more and better sleep (6:30)
• The art of power napping (6:13)
• Summary sheet

Learn more in less time: Effective study strategies

• How to become a master of notes (7:02)
• Make it stick: Avoiding ineffective study habits (1:50)
• Dual coding: Double the impact (5:30)
• How to create visual notes (3:11)
• Doodle it: A simple drawing activity (2:30)
• Mixing it up: Other ways to dual code (2:19)
• Active recall: Supercharge your study (10:11)
• Getting comfortable with discomfort (2:51)
• Stop cramming with spaced practice (2:50)
• Combat boredom with Fun Theory (7:38)
• Summary sheet

From chaos to control: Organisation strategies

• Freeing up brain power with a diary (planner) (5:08)
• Habits for cultivating time awareness (8:36)
• Creating a plan that sticks (5:37)
• Make yourself comfortable (5:36)
• Redesign your environment (9:10)
• Study like a professional chef (4:39)
• Summary sheet

Strategies for working online and dealing with big tech

• Understanding the Sizzler Effect (4:05)
• How to create a tiny study habit (6:43)
• Part 1: Defend your focus (6:33)
• Part 2: Defend your focus (4:03)
• Part 1: Exploring the psychology of TikTok (4:20)
• Part 2: Exploring the psychology of TikTok (2:19)
• The importance of being search savvy (1:42)
• Fact checking 101 (2:17)
• Is it real news or fake news? (5:31)
• Summary sheet

Getting stuff done: Productivity strategies

• The psychology of motivation: before you feel ready (4:04)
• Combating Procrastination: “I’ll do it tomorrow” to “I’ll do it now” (8:35)
• Snack Study versus Binge Study (2:55)
• How to be a completionist (not a perfectionist) (5:36)
• Take five for an exercise break (4:34)
• Should you listen to music when you study? (4:37)
• Summary sheet

Managing your mindset: Go for growth

• How to think about thinking (3:08)
• You feel the way you think (3:25)
• Changing your mental tracks (4:21)
• How to reduce the mental noise (3:41)
• The upside of negative thinking (3:48)
• How to develop a growth mindset (4:24)
• Pushing through the discomfort (1:38)
• Cultivating a growth mindset (3:16)
• Avoid rewards to protect your mindset (2:47)
• Summary sheet

Eating for optimal brainpower: Brain and mood foods

• Understanding your brain and the role of nutrition (2:06)
• Junk food and your brain: What the research says (2:35)
• How to turbocharge your brain with food (12:18)
• How to eat for better sleep (6:15)
• How to avoid a sugar crash (7:50)
• Summary sheet

Avoid last minute cramming: Exam preparation strategies

• The Tim Tam Philosophy: Dealing with setbacks, mistakes, and failure (3:43)
• Tackling the Beast of Overwhelm (4:45)
• The importance of working with the syllabus (4:18)
• How to effectively revise for your exams (7:29)
• Save time with the Leitner System (6:02)
• The power of an exam rehearsal (7:43)
• How to support each other and thrive (9:06)
• Managing exam nerves like a pro (7:31)
• Summary sheet

Stress less: Rapid relaxation strategies

• Understanding stress with Barbie and elastic bands (2:20)
• Stress busting strategy 1: The 3-Sigh Breathing Technique (1:47)
• Stress busting strategy 2: The Snow White Method (0:55)
• Stress busting strategy 3: Power Posing (0:51)
• Summary sheet

Smashing out quality assignments

• How to an assignment (6:10)
• The value of assignment planning (5:17)
• How to write a first (rubbish) draft (9:13)
• Overcoming writer’s block (4:11)
• How to not steal other people’s ideas (5:48)
• Proofreading made easy (6:09)
• Summary sheet

About Jane Genovese

Dr Jane Genovese has over 15 years of experience working with thousands of secondary and tertiary students. She regularly delivers presentations on topics such as effective study habits, combating procrastination, and cultivating better focus. She has degrees in Law and Psychology and a PhD from Murdoch University.

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