by William Wadsworth | Last updated Nov 22, 2024 | First published on Apr 28, 2019 |
For most of us, our memories have their limits! Chunking helps you overcome the natural limitations of your memory, and is therefore a very powerful trick for helping you to learn information and get it into memory. I’m sharing a wealth of “trade...
by William Wadsworth | Last updated Nov 11, 2022 | First published on Mar 15, 2019 |
Sure as the mountains wear down, we all forget what we once knew. Though we generally forget quite a bit faster than mountains wearing down! The famous “Ebbinghaus forgetting curve” measures just how fast we forget. I’m going to explain what Ebbinghaus’ curve is, and...
by William Wadsworth | Last updated Nov 22, 2024 | First published on Feb 28, 2019 |
There is one memorisation technique that, above all others, is the answer to how to remember what you study: retrieval practice. And shockingly few college-age students (just 7%) say they use retrieval practice as their main revision strategy. So here’s why you...
by William Wadsworth | Last updated Feb 3, 2023 | First published on Dec 1, 2018 |
Welcome to the Exam Study Expert, where we’re DETERMINED to help you get the best possible grades. If you’re a student looking to ace their studies, you’re in the right place! (Teachers and parents looking to help their students welcome to stick around and join the...