Methods that actually move marks
What the research supports, what it does not, and what to do on a Tuesday night with three chapters to get through. Written by the team building Edapt, and honest about the bits that are contested.
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How spaced repetition actually works, and why cramming fails
Cramming holds material for about a day, which is why it feels great and scores badly. What the forgetting curve says, and how to space your study instead.
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How to build a study plan that survives a bad week
Most study plans are written for a perfect week and die in the first real one. Plan for the bad week instead and the plan keeps working when life happens.
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Rereading is not studying
Rereading your notes feels productive and barely works. Here is what the research says to do instead, and why the harder method is the one that sticks.
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What VARK does and does not claim
Edapt is built on VARK, and the strong version of learning styles is not well supported by evidence. Both of those are true. Here is where the line sits.
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Analyse, evaluate, discuss: what examiners actually want
Most marks lost on written answers are lost to the command word, not the content. What each one is asking for, and how to tell if you answered it.
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Most students use past papers wrong
Past papers are the highest-value revision resource there is, and most of their value is lost by doing them untimed with notes open. How to run one properly.
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Your class notes are not revision material yet
Notes taken during a lesson are a record of that lesson, not something you can revise from. What to do with them, and when.
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