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Exam Preparation

How to Study for a Math Final: Mixed Practice and an Error Log

How to study for a math final: solve problems instead of rereading, mix the problem types, learn from worked examples and keep an error log. Includes a sample week.

9 min read · Oct 10, 2026

Note-Taking

Different Note-Taking Methods: Five Formats and When Each One Fits

The different note-taking methods come down to five page formats. Here is what each looks like, when it fits a lecture and what studies of note formats found.

10 min read · Oct 10, 2026

Study Methods

Memorization Techniques for Studying: Mnemonics, Loci and Chunking

Four memorization techniques for studying, what researchers found when they tested each one, and the kind of material each one fits.

10 min read · Oct 10, 2026

Focus & Time

How to Beat Procrastination: What the Research Says and What to Do

How to beat procrastination, based on what studies found about unpleasant tasks, far-off deadlines, if-then plans and distractions, with a filled-in example plan.

10 min read · Oct 10, 2026

Reading & Writing

Strategies to Improve Reading Comprehension: What Research Supports

Strategies to improve reading comprehension of academic texts, drawn from IES practice guides and comprehension research, with an example reading session.

10 min read · Oct 10, 2026

Exam Preparation

Multiple Choice Test Taking Strategies and When to Change an Answer

Multiple choice test taking strategies that rest on careful reading and honest review, plus what studies of real exams found when students changed their answers.

10 min read · Oct 10, 2026

Note-Taking

Mind Mapping for Note-Taking: How to Build a Map and What Studies Found

Mind mapping note taking puts the main idea in the center of the page and branches outward. How to build a map, and what the mixed research says.

10 min read · Oct 10, 2026

Study Methods

The Feynman Study Technique: Steps, an Example and What Research Says

The Feynman study technique is explaining a topic in plain words to find the gaps in what you know. Here are the steps, an example and the evidence.

10 min read · Oct 10, 2026

Focus & Time

How to Stay Focused While Studying: What Attention Research Suggests

How to stay focused while studying, based on mind-wandering research: give each session one clear task, quiz yourself as you go and plan your breaks.

9 min read · Oct 10, 2026

Reading & Writing

How to Annotate a Text: A Marking System, Margin Notes and an Example

How to annotate a text so the notes are useful later: a small set of marks, margin notes in your own words, and what research found about highlighting alone.

10 min read · Oct 10, 2026

Exam Preparation

How to Create a Study Schedule for an Exam: Six Steps and a Worked Example

How to create a study schedule for an exam: list what must be covered, count the days, block sessions, add reviews and a buffer. Includes a 10-day example.

10 min read · Oct 10, 2026

Note-Taking

The Outline Method of Note-Taking: Levels, Indentation and an Example

The outline method of note taking puts main topics at the margin and indents subtopics and details beneath them. Steps, an example and when it fits.

9 min read · Oct 10, 2026