Study Skills

Private tutoring in study skills

Many students work hard and make little progress: they reread their notes instead of testing themselves, revise the night before, and discover their gaps on the day of the test. Study skills are almost never taught at school. Yet they can be built: planning the week, taking useful notes, memorising for the long term, managing time in an exam. A tutor helps establish these habits on the student’s real work.

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Tutors

A few tutors in study skills

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Violette

Cours de maths, anglais, espagnol, finance, économie – Collège, lycée & études supérieures | Étudiante à l’EDHEC, ancienne prépa

New tutor4 years of experienceAccepting new students

Subject searched:: Méthodologie et organisation
Also:: Mathématiques · Anglais

+ 10 other subjects

Économie · Espagnol · Comptabilité · SES · Aide aux devoirs · Soutien scolaire général · Brevet · Finance · BAC · TOEIC

Levels:: Collège · Lycée · Licence / Master

€42 / hourAll-inclusive price, paid by the student or their family. No hidden fees.

Nicolas

Expert-comptable mémorialiste & auditeur financier senior chez KPMG

2 students taught2 h of lessons4 years of experienceAccepting new students

Subject searched:: Méthodologie et organisation
Also:: Anglais · Économie

+ 7 other subjects

Droit · Comptabilité · Management · SES · Gestion · Finance · BAC

Levels:: Lycée · Adulte · Licence / Master

€64 / hourAll-inclusive price, paid by the student or their family. No hidden fees.

Sébastien

Etudiant double diplôme EDHEC / Centrale Lille

2 students taught10 h of lessons6 years of experienceAccepting new students

Subject searched:: Méthodologie et organisation
Also:: Mathématiques · Aide aux devoirs

+ 1 other subject

Soutien scolaire général

Levels:: Primaire · Collège · Lycée · Prépa · Adulte · Licence / Master

€80 / hourAll-inclusive price, paid by the student or their family. No hidden fees.

The curriculum

Why take tutoring in study skills?

Topics covered

Planning and diary
Note-taking
Active recall
Spaced revision
Time management in exams
Concentration

What you work on in sessions

Build a revision timetable from the dates of upcoming tests
Turn course notes into questions for self-testing
Take structured notes during a lecture
Divide one’s time between the exercises of an exam paper

Working more without progressing

Rereading and highlighting give an impression of work without anchoring much. Replacing these habits with active methods counts for more than extra hours.

Revising everything the night before

Without planning, revision is crammed in at the last minute and forgotten straight away. Spreading work over time is a skill, not a personality trait.

The big transitions

Starting collège, lycée, CPGE or university: each step demands more independence. That is often where method falls short.

Rates

Tutoring in study skills from €19 an hour

The rate shown is the final price paid by the student or their family, NOEO commission included. It varies from tutor to tutor, and nothing is added on top: no application fee, no matching fee, no service fee.

€0 sign-up fee · €0 subscription · you only pay for the sessions you book.

What NOEO brings

What you get on top of the tutoring session

Tutors vetted before they go live

NOEO reviews each tutor’s application before their profile appears. The tutor then declares the subjects and levels they teach, and never appears under any they have not declared.

Live tutoring, on Noeo Live

Sessions take place online, with the whiteboard, documents and conversation in one place. No travelling, and your choice of tutor no longer depends on distance.

A session report after every session

The tutor writes a session report at the end of every session, readable by the student and, for a minor, by their parents. Their payout stays on hold until that report has been sent.

The replay and documents, after the session

The session recording and the documents used stay available in the student’s space: a concept that was not quite understood can be revisited without waiting for the next session.

Revision material between sessions

From a session and its report, the student generates their revision sheet, flashcards and quiz in Noeo Learn, then revises at their own pace.

Follow-up suited to the student

An independent student keeps their space to themselves. For a minor, parents see the sessions, session reports and messages, and decide how much independence to give them.

Read

On the same subject, in the NOEO Journal

Lycée student taking an online study skills session on NOEO, with a shared revision schedule, exercise books, a calculator and notes on the desk.

Private tutoring

Study skills private tutoring at lycée: what is really worked on?

Study skills tutoring at lycée (upper secondary school) works on organisation, learning strategies, methods for school tasks and self-assessment. Its aim is to diagnose the real blockage, then test strategies on actual lessons to make the student independent.

Sébastien Lochon23 October 20268 min read

A student building a revision schedule with a planner, exercise books, textbooks and highlighters at her desk before a test.

Methods and revision

How to build a realistic revision schedule before a test

A realistic revision schedule starts from the exact content to master, not from a number of hours. List the concepts, sort them by how well you know them, spread recall and exercises across the slots you genuinely have available, and test yourself in conditions close to the real test. Always leave a little slack to absorb the unexpected.

Sébastien Lochon23 October 202610 min read

Student revising with active recall, using question cards, an exercise book and open textbooks on their desk.

Methods and revision

Active recall: the revision method that makes the brain retrieve information

Active recall means retrieving information from memory, without looking at your notes, and then checking your answers. It is a more effective method than simple rereading for long-term memorisation. To use it well, you need to space out recall sessions and use your mistakes to target the gaps.

Sébastien Lochon23 October 202612 min read

Frequently asked questions

Your questions about tutoring in study skills

Are study skills worked on without a specific subject?

They are worked on using the student’s real material: their courses, their tests, their diary. A method learned out of context is rarely applied afterwards.

My child is easily distracted: what can a tutor do?

Help organise the work environment, break tasks into short sequences and establish routines. Medical or speech therapy support, if there is any, remains complementary.

Which memorisation methods are worked on?

Mainly active recall, testing oneself rather than rereading, and revision spaced out over time: two methods whose benefits are widely documented.

How many sessions does it take to establish a method?

A few closely spaced sessions to put the tools in place, then more widely spaced follow-up to check that they hold. A habit is built over time.

Do study skills also help in higher education?

Yes: note-taking in lectures, organising a semester, preparing for end-of-term exams. The levels each tutor has declared appear on their profile.

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