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How to actually study
Methods that hold up when you sit the exam — retrieval practice, spacing, and what to do with a lecture deck that barely says anything. Written for students, with the research where there is research and the honest answer where there isn’t.
Active recall vs. rereading: why the notes you know best are the ones you fail on
Rereading feels like learning and mostly isn't. Here is what the research actually says about active recall, and how to switch your study sessions over to it.
How to make flashcards that actually work (and why most decks fail)
Most flashcard decks fail for the same three reasons. The rules that separate a deck you learn from one you abandon in week two — plus how spacing really works.
A seven-day exam plan for when you have not started
Seven days out and nothing revised. A day-by-day plan built on triage and retrieval — what to cut, what to test, and what the last night is actually for.
How to summarise a textbook chapter without copying it out
Most chapter summaries are transcription with fewer words. A method that produces notes you can revise from — and the test that tells you if yours are any good.
Is using AI to study cheating? Where the line actually is
Not every use of AI is academic misconduct, and not every permitted use is good for you. A practical line between studying with AI and submitting its work.
Every method here starts with turning your material into questions
That is the slow part, and the reason people give up and go back to rereading. Upload your slides and readings and StudyPass writes the quiz and the flashcards from those files — not from the internet.
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