Visual book review: Help Your Kids Get Better Grades

Posted on September 5th, 2012 by Sacha Chua

I received a review copy of Gary E. Howard’s Help Your Kids Get Better Grades at just the right time. Yesterday was J’s first day of high school. Exciting times! We’ve been talking to her about the need for taking notes, and we hope we’ll be able to help her learn those super-useful study skills. Here are my notes. Enjoy!

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The book has many more tips for people helping high-school students improve their study skills.

Help Your Kids Get Better Grades (Gary E. Howard; Cambridge Learning Skills, 2010) – affiliate link

Disclosure: I received a free copy of the book, but would probably have written the same review if I’d checked this out from a library. =) The Amazon links above are also affiliate links.

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http://charuzu.wordpress.com Charles

Sacha,

This is an awesome sketchnote. My girls have left school but the guidelines you documented are still relevant. I have printed this drawing along with other sketches – thank you!

Charles
http://sachachua.com Sacha Chua

I’m glad you like it! I should totally figure out how to make a book of sketches. =D

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