Study tips backed by research

Short guides to study methods that are well supported by research. Each with studies, a step-by-step guide and common mistakes.

Active Recall

Pull knowledge out of your head instead of rereading your notes: one of the best-researched study methods.

Review just before you would forget: that is how knowledge lasts for weeks instead of only until the exam.

Explain a topic so simply that someone without prior knowledge gets it. Where you get stuck is your gap.

Over a hundred reactions, and the exam is about syntheses. How to study OC 2 with a system instead of piles of flashcards.

Cost accounting exams are calculation exams. Master the costing schemes and know the traps, and you collect a lot of marks.

Many students fail statistics not on understanding but on small, recurring mistakes. Here is how to practise them away.