by William Wadsworth | Last updated Nov 22, 2024 | First published on May 10, 2022 |
If you’ve worked with flashcards before, you may have come across a nifty exam study technique without even knowing it: the Leitner system is a popular spaced repetition exercise for recalling vocabulary and facts. We’ll delve into everything you need to know...
by William Wadsworth | Last updated Nov 22, 2024 | First published on Jun 28, 2021 |
Spaced repetition (or as it’s more commonly known to memory psychologists, “spaced learning”) is one of the most powerful and flexible of all memory strategies. If you have knowledge to learn for your course, I would consider spaced learning to be a...
by William Wadsworth | Last updated Nov 22, 2024 | First published on Apr 22, 2021 |
I’m a memory psychologist and study productivity expert, and have taught thousands of students how to study more effectively over the years. These are nothing more or less than the 51 all-time BEST simple, science-backed tips, tricks and hacks to help you...
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 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...
