Study guides
How to study, by method and by subject
Some advice works for everything: test yourself, space your reviews, explain it simply. The rest depends on the subject: anatomy is a memory problem, physics an understanding problem, law a precision problem. Start with a method or with your subject.
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Study methods
- Active recallWhat active recall is, why testing yourself beats rereading, and how to use it every day with flashcards, quizzes and practice tests.
- Spaced repetitionWhat spaced repetition is, why reviewing at growing intervals beats cramming, and a simple review schedule to use with your flashcards.
- Feynman techniqueHow the Feynman technique works: explain a topic in simple words, find the gaps in your understanding, and fill them from your own material.
- Memory palaceHow the memory palace (method of loci) works, why linking facts to places helps you remember long lists, and how to use it for exams.
- Exam preparationHow to prepare for an exam step by step: a plan from three weeks out to the day itself, with notes, flashcards, quizzes and a mock test.
- The night before the examOut of time? How to use the night before an exam well: what to learn first, how to test yourself fast, and why you should still sleep.
- Lecture notesHow to take good lecture notes: the Cornell method, what to write down and what to skip, and how recording the lecture frees you to listen.
- Memorizing fasterHow to memorize faster for school and exams: retrieval, spacing, chunking, images, the memory palace and sleep, and how to use them with your notes.
Study guides by subject
- BiologyHow to study biology effectively: learn the processes, not only the terms, with notes, flashcards, mind maps and practice tests from your own material.
- AnatomyHow to study anatomy: a plan for memorising bones, muscles and nerves with flashcards, a memory palace and quizzes made from your own lectures.
- ChemistryHow to study chemistry: understand the concepts, learn reactions and rules with flashcards, and practise with tests made from your own material.
- PhysicsHow to study physics: understand the concepts and formulas with clear notes, check yourself with quizzes, and know what still needs practice problems.
- HistoryHow to study history: learn the story, the causes and the dates with notes, mind maps, flashcards and practice tests made from your own material.
- GeographyHow to study geography: learn processes, regions and facts with notes, mind maps, flashcards and quizzes made from your own material.
- EconomicsHow to study economics: understand models and concepts, learn the definitions with flashcards, and practise explaining with tests from your own material.
- LawHow to study law: turn lectures and long readings into notes, learn the rules precisely with flashcards, and practise applying them with written tests.
- PsychologyHow to study psychology: learn theories, key studies and terms with notes, flashcards and quizzes made from your own lectures and readings.
- SociologyHow to study sociology: understand theories and concepts, learn the thinkers with flashcards and practise essay-style answers with tests.
- PhilosophyHow to study philosophy: follow difficult texts with clear notes, map the arguments, and practise explaining positions in writing.
- LiteratureHow to study literature: learn works, authors and literary periods with notes, mind maps and flashcards, and practise interpretation in writing.
- PharmacologyHow to study pharmacology: learn drug classes, mechanisms and side effects with flashcards, mind maps and practice tests made from your lectures.
- PhysiologyHow to study physiology: follow each mechanism step by step with clear notes, map the systems and check yourself with quizzes and practice tests.
- MathematicsHow to study maths: understand definitions and theorems with clear notes, learn them with flashcards, and know which part only practice can teach.
- Computer scienceHow to study computer science: learn algorithms, data structures and theory with notes, flashcards and practice tests from your own lectures.
- AccountingHow to study accounting: understand the rules and the logic behind entries, learn the terms with flashcards and test yourself on your own material.
- MarketingHow to study marketing: learn the models and terms with flashcards, connect them with mind maps and practise applying them to cases in writing.
- Political scienceHow to study political science: learn theories, systems and thinkers with notes and flashcards, compare them with mind maps and practise essays.
- Foreign languagesHow to study a foreign language: learn vocabulary with flashcards, understand grammar with notes, and listen to your material in the language itself.
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