Ali memorises essay references with the peg system in his second year of medical school (2014)
story · status: told 2× · last event: retold (2020-03-31) · owner: Ali
Origin known from later mentions
2014 in the title is when this began; it first appears in the videos read here in 2020, so the earlier part is known only from what is said later.
About: peg system
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-13 | first in the videos (retold; it began earlier) | With the peg system Ali memorised a list of about 50 references the night before a second-year exam, and forgot them the next day because he had not repeated them. | The KEY Study Techniques for Exam Success 00:28:37 |
| 2020-03-31 (happened 2014) | retold | In his second year of medical school Ali used the peg system to memorise references to papers for his essays, since showing external evidence and wider reading was then the way to get a high mark. | How to Study for Exams - My NEW Masterclass // Behind the Scenes 00:04:23 |
What is said about it
5 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2020-03-13 · The KEY Study Techniques for Exam Success — recommendation: Ali says sprinkling references such as "Hodgkin and Huxley 1942" into exam essays gives a few more marks and makes it look as if you have done external reading. — 00:28:08
- 2020-03-13 · The KEY Study Techniques for Exam Success — Ali explains the peg system: each digit becomes a letter (such as one becoming L). — 00:28:08
- 2020-03-31 · How to Study for Exams - My NEW Masterclass // Behind the Scenes — Ali: In August 2012, just before his first year of university, Ali decided he wanted to become a memory champion; he still has the document he wrote then on the peg system in Evernote. — 00:03:53
- 2020-03-31 · How to Study for Exams - My NEW Masterclass // Behind the Scenes — Ali: The peg system, a memory technique, converts numbers into words: a one becomes a T or a D, a two an N, a three an M. — 00:03:53
- 2020-03-31 · How to Study for Exams - My NEW Masterclass // Behind the Scenes — Ali got a first in his second year of medical school and thinks the references he memorised with the peg system for his essays were part of the reason. (hedged) — 00:04:52