The Straight A Students Time Management Secret

Posted in: Courses, Education, IB Business, IB Economics, IGCSE Business- Oct 09, 2011 1 Comment

This is your lucky day. You are finally going to find out the secret time-management weapon which has only been known to a few wildly suc­cess­ful stu­dents. Until now. (WARNING: Do not read this unless you are pre­pared for incred­i­ble aca­d­e­mic suc­cess! How­ever, if ready to have your life com­pletely changed, read on.) I have had the […]

Evaluation in Business

Posted in: Education, IB Business, IGCSE Business- Sep 29, 2011 No Comments

Some­times (nor­mally in 8-mark ques­tions) you will be asked to eval­u­ate. This is about going beyond the insights you have made from doing your analy­sis (your Dr Tests). But let’s make sure you are clear on the dif­fer­ence between analy­sis and eval­u­a­tion. By ana­lyz­ing in Busi­ness we mean giv­ing your Defi­ni­tions, Expla­na­tions, Exam­ples and Development […]

Taking Great Notes

Posted in: Courses, IB Business, IB Economics, IGCSE Business, Life- Sep 20, 2011 No Comments

Good note tak­ing is essen­tial for suc­cess as a stu­dent (in High School and Uni­ver­sity all the more). And yet most peo­ple don’t know how to do this well. With this in mind, here is some guid­ance for you, to help you take more effec­tive notes. You are respon­si­ble for every­thing we cover, whether it’s in […]

Citing Sources Made Simple

Posted in: Courses, IB Business, IB Economics, IGCSE Business- Sep 12, 2011 5 Comments

Know­ing how to cite your sources prop­erly can get con­fus­ing. Here (with a lot of help from Mr Durbin) is a sim­pli­fied guide for how to cite your var­i­ous types of sources accord­ing to the new MLA for­mat (2011). Of course, you can always use EasyBib.com How­ever I think that using this guide you might […]