In high school and middle school I studied very little if at
all for exams. When I had my first college exam I did not do great because I
hit a big learning curve when it came to learning how to effectively study for
an exam. I quickly realized I wasn’t ever truly taught how to study and went
through many methods of trial and error until I found a study tactic that fit
me. I feel like many other people hit this same learning experience whether it is
jumping from middle to high school or high school to college and if we adequately
equip them now they will be able to avoid the step of finding this out the hard
way.
The group of people that have the greatest unmet need in
terms of learning studying techniques would be middle schoolers or high
schoolers. Learning the techniques they currently use and the effectiveness of
their technique will help determine if there is an opportunity that can be
explored here.
The questions I used to conduct each interview:
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What grade are you in?
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How many classes do you take right now?
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Do you study for your exams or tests?
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How long would you say that you typically study
for?
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What are your study techniques? How do you
study?
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Do you think that this works well for you?
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Would you be open to learning a new way to
study?
Interview 1 - https://youtu.be/l2ATMgzR0Fc
Interview 2 – https://youtu.be/R8O9-HJmL48
Interview 3 – https://youtu.be/Dl4Q93GAnv8
Interview 4 – https://youtu.be/0fI8Y6fbLNA
Interview 5 – https://youtu.be/QsAwSjCL-xk
I think that there is an opportunity to perhaps offer new
techniques and ways of studying to the high school and middle school
demographic. The interviewees expressed mixed reviews on learning new studying
tactics. This shows that there is a least some students that would want to or
at least be willing to try new ways of studying in order to improve their
studying habits.
Even though I chose to a potential opportunity that needed
interviews from high schoolers and middle schoolers I still found that I was
nervous prior to interviewing. Once I got the first interview out of the way I
gained more confidence and was able to use that confidence in the rest of my
interviews. I also learned that in the future I should ask more open ended
answers in order to get answers that are longer than “yes” or “no”.
http://palombiblogs.blogspot.com/2016/01/customer-interviews-no-1.html
ReplyDeleteHello Skylar,
ReplyDeleteI can definitely relate to the learning curve of studying for exams. The only difference for me is my learning curve occurred when I transferred from a small state college to UF. At the state college I had to study, but nothing crazy. I upped my time studying a little when I go here, but I was appalled when I got my first exam back and had not done quite so well. I think that having some kind of event to help any student of any grade level at all schools around the country to get professional study tips that they can cater to their own personal needs. I think you have a great idea and I enjoyed watching your interviews.
Hey Skylar,
ReplyDeleteDefinitely an interesting opportunity I never would have thought of! Although I was not completely hit by a wall with my first set of college exams, I can still relate at the difference between high school and college and definitely with middle school to high school.
http://alagana6444.blogspot.com/2016/01/customer-interviews-no-1.html
Excellent job. I would be interested in what some of the parents who would likely be paying for this service would say. I like how you start with the fact finding questions and close with an question about the willingness for people to try something different than what they are used to.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Here is a link to mine: http://guntotinghippie.blogspot.com/2016/01/customer-interview-no-1.html
Thank you for choosing to attack this problem. Like many of folks, I was in the same boat as you. Studying wasn’t necessary for my high school courses, and when it became necessary I didn’t know how. How would you help these students? Would this be a collection of videos outlining how to study? Would you offer a tutoring service as part of the app?
ReplyDeleteYeah, this is definitely an un-met thing. Post-senior year, most students think that they're concurrent work methods will function the same and maintain decent grades during college: wrong! I'm glad I wasn't the only person to bomb my first exam. And yeah, I think that addressing that lacking would really help tons of people and hold ramifications throughout generations.
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