Research indicates that a student’s study method is the second most important component for academic success. The single most important component is the dedication of the student to be successful. But there is a catch. If students struggle with their studies, they lose motivation; then they lose interest, they become frustrated, and things start to spiral downwards. The way to prevent this and to recover an existing downward spiral is an optimal study method. If a student experiences a study method as successful and, in many cases, even fun, they taste success, and success breeds success. Unfortunately, the same applies to failure.

 First action

Many  people  make  a  mistake  to  go  for  extra  tutoring  and  lessons  when  they  experience difficulties with specific subjects. This is a great strategy, but it is not your first call to action. Extra lessons and tutoring sometimes do nothing to help students because they don't know how to study optimally. The first call to action is to help the student with a personal and optimal study method.

Study Methods are Individually Unique

There is not a single successful study method that works for all students. This is a serious mistake  in  traditional  thinking.  Students  are  unique,  and  their  best  study  methods  are  as unique. The practice of calling all students into a room and then teaching them how to study is  outdated.  This  idea  is  based  on  a  false  theory  that  one  study  method  will  work  for everybody. This is factually incorrect. Our habits are unique – how can our methods then not also be unique? This is where Holistic Embodiment takes a radically different approach by integrating Shadowmatch Study Methods Coaching into the coaching dynamic. The student builds a Habit Profile by answering a series of questions on the  Shadowmatch portal; the system then generates a student-specific study method report that provides a unique study method and lots of additional study method related information unique to each student.

 Your Coach is Critical

We all know that students can read. And, we all know they can go through their study method reports. The edge for success, however, is a Study Method Coach. This is not a long-term coaching program. It is a maximum of ten to twelve weeks and what the student learns is a lasting method that could define the student's long-term success.