Max Your Marks
Author: Rowena Austin & Annie Hastwell

Each year about 200,000 students around Australia sit Year 12 exams. And the competition for top marks is intense. Max Your Marks is the first book to offer study advice and lifestyle tips from the highest-achieving students in the country - students who achieved a tertiary admission rank of 95 or more.

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Student Edge provides students with free access to online student services information including health and wellbeing, study and career tools. It also engages students with membership rewards, including a host of exclusive big brand discounts.  ...read more »

If you think the best way to study for an exam is to cram, think again. Here's the right way to do it, according to psychologist Dr. Cynthia Green, author of Total Memory Workout.

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By Mark Pennington, Mark Pennington Publishing     Students need to know how to study and take tests just as much as they need to know what to study. Try these study skills strategies to improve  ...read more »

By Tahlia Mandie, Direction Exploring     With exam time almost upon us, students may be feeling the pressure and heightened stress, and questioning how well they will remember in the exam what they have studied.  ...read more »

By Angie Wilcock, High Hopes     A major headache for both students and parents alike is homework – it can be the cause of many family arguments (and nagging!), but it doesn’t have to be that way! It’s all about being organised and managing your time.  ...read more »

By Sean Tearney     There are many things you should look for when choosing the right private tutor. Sometimes though it will come down to trying various tutors out and seeing which one works best with you. Outlined here are the characteristics you should look for and the steps you should then take to ensure you've chosen the right person.  ...read more »

University of California, San Diego     Combine the aphorisms that “practice makes perfect” and “timing is everything” into one and you might get something resembling findings published in this month’s issue of Psychological Science.  Proper spacing of lessons, the researchers report, can dramatically enhance learning. And larger gaps between study sessions result in better recall of facts.

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By Tahlia Mandie, Direction Exploring

Below are some tips on what can parents do to help their kids during the difficult and challenging time of exam preparation.  ...read more »

The Smart Student's Handbook

by Leevon Phillips

The Smart Student's Handbook provides information to motivate and guide students on the path to a successful academic career.  By helping students to better organize their studies, The Smart Student's Handbook inspires students to succeed in their academic pursuits, and identifies areas that need improvement.  ...read more »