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The 4-Box Review System: A Smarter Way to Use Flashcards
Not all flashcards deserve equal attention. This 4-Box Review System, based on a 50-year-old spaced repetition method, helps you spend more time on the cards you actually don't know and less time re-reviewing what you've already mastered
Notes That Help You Remember: The 3R Method
Your notes do more than record what your professor said, they're an active part of how you learn. Here's the psychology behind why notes matter and a simple 3-step method (Record, Revise, Review) to make your studying more efficient and less stressful.
Retrieval Practice is the Key to Acing your Exams
Now that New Year's celebrations have ended and the new semester is in full swing, it's time to maximize your study habits to ace your exams. But how? Perhaps by now, you've heard different ways to study effectively, such as studying right before sleeping, spraying peppermint oil on your clothes, using multi-colored pens— the list goes on. What if the solution to your study needs is much simpler than cramming in as much information as possible before bedtime?