For his third-year psychology exams, his best ever, Ali made about 50 essay plans and memorised them over two months by drawing closed-book spider diagrams.
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| 2018-04-04 (happened 2015) | first in the videos (retold; it began earlier) | For his third-year psychology exams, his best ever, Ali made about 50 essay plans and memorised them over two months by drawing closed-book spider diagrams. | How to study for exams - Evidence-based revision tips 00:16:38 |
| 2018-04-09 | retold | For his third-year psychology exams Ali's spreadsheet listed the essays to learn for each of the three papers; once he had read an essay and drawn its spider diagram, he wrote the date. → refers to Exam Revision Tips with Ibz Mo | How to Study for Exams - Spaced Repetition · Evidence-based revision tips 00:14:55 |
| 2018-04-14 | retold | For his psychology essays Ali memorised entire paragraphs, references included, word for word with Anki, introductions above all. | Last Minute Study Tips, Flashcards, Essays & Maths - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students 00:20:04 |
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- 2018-04-04 · How to study for exams - Evidence-based revision tips — recommendation: Ali: Instead of making notes in lectures or from textbooks, Ali writes questions for himself (the Cornell note-taking method) and answers them when he revises. — 00:17:36
- 2018-04-04 · How to study for exams - Evidence-based revision tips — Ali gave a talk on evidence-based revision about three years earlier, as a third-year student. — 00:18:06
- 2018-04-04 · How to study for exams - Evidence-based revision tips — Ali: After Ali's talk, a first-year medic friend revised only by answering the hundred-odd questions he wrote on the first-year syllabus, and came second in his year. — 00:18:35
- 2018-04-04 · How to study for exams - Evidence-based revision tips — Ali says the more brain power it takes to recall a fact, the stronger the memory connection seems to get. (hedged) — 00:18:35
- 2018-04-04 · How to study for exams - Evidence-based revision tips — recommendation: Ali tells students they may keep rereading, highlighting and making notes, but alongside should test themselves more and use spaced repetition. — 00:19:04
- 2018-04-09 · How to Study for Exams - Spaced Repetition · Evidence-based revision tips — Ali says only recalling a topic earns a date in his spreadsheet: just rereading the textbook chapter or your notes is a total waste of time. — 00:15:54
- 2018-04-14 · Last Minute Study Tips, Flashcards, Essays & Maths - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — recommendation: Ali advises memorising essay introductions with flashcards: a killer introduction primes the examiner to give a decent mark. — 00:20:33
- 2018-04-14 · Last Minute Study Tips, Flashcards, Essays & Maths - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — Ali says Paul is a Cambridge supervisor who marks students' essays. — 00:20:33