This week’s question comes from a student that seems to be the common opinion on studying. Sometimes when I’m studying it just starts to feel right. I don’t want to stop. I feel like I’d get farther just continuing
This week’s questions comes from a reader looking for clarification on a few points I’ve made: It seems like you draw a distinction between memorization and studying. I get there are obvious differences outside of a school context but inside
There are some topics that you just can’t avoid when looking into modern strategies for studying. This weeks question is about one of those topics: spaced repetition. I keep hearing about spaced repetition. A bunch of websites offer tools to
“you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool” -Richard Feynman If only students studied half as much as they thought they were studying, virtually no students would struggle to achieve high grades. (Actually with
When you’re jumping out of a plane you don’t need to worry about staying focused. The wind is screaming in your ears from the slid open metal door. Every shake of the plane is felt in your bones. Some guy
I’m not a fan of overly repetitive study strategies. Study strategies typically need some amount of repetition to work but for every bit of repetition you add to a routine you need to squeeze out a little bit of the
I tend to stray away from too many specifics with studying different subjects but this question caught my interest because I had a little experience with it myself. Hey Aaron, I’ve been struggling to get through A&P (Anatomy and Physiology.)
Some of you may be worried that you’re not “smart” enough (whatever that means.) I promise you that your memory isn’t limited by your intelligence. Biology isn’t the limiting factor. Anyone can struggle with their memory and anyone can improve
Mainstream news sources love to take memory competition champions and try to extrapolate advice for the average person looking to remember stuff. They look into the study routines of these memory experts and try to find the strategies that make
Understanding a new subject is frustrating. There is almost no way around it when you’re really covering a new subject. This site repeatedly gets questions related to frustration when trying to understand something for school. Students regularly ask questions like,