When you write, you don’t know what it will look like when you look at a blank piece of paper with the instruction to “Write … Read More

It’s happened to us all. It’s that day when you’re staring at a blinking cursor and realize you’ve got two hours until that paper is … Read More

A lot of students treat the number of words required as a hard limit to be nailed precisely. That’s almost never true. Instead, there’s a … Read More

You might feel confused by your spreadsheet of syllabi halfway through semester, or maybe even later. You have a midterm grade? Sure. Homework score? Check. … Read More

When you see that a 42/50 isn’t the same as a 42/100 at the end of the day, you begin to get a sense for … Read More

Your test score is 84. That looks like a pretty good number! Well, maybe, depending on what else the number represent. Raw data never tells … Read More

Don’t view your raw scores as currency. Your raw score is merely number of questions you answered correctly. It provides no information about difficulty level … Read More

When the time ticks down to zero and paper is still filled with empty boxes, the dread begins. Two questions answered correctly. I got three … Read More

The moment the exam paper hits your desk, the clock begins ticking. It’s tempting to go outside and guess your score based off how stressed … Read More

If you’ve ever read something yesterday and recognized it when you saw it again in a book, yet can’t remember it today, then you know … Read More