Did you recall things word for word? Were you actually able to explain that difficult concept or did you just think you knew it? What did you leave out?

Make it fun… or not: for passive homework, make it fun (for example, take down notes while listening to music). Chapter 8: Habit Formation First, you can sort pieces of information into groups and connect each group in a logical narrative format. Bowler recommends this method because it connects the information you’re learning in a way that makes sense to you, making it easier to recall. (Bowler calls this method “chunking, chaining, and telling a story.”)I have the incredible honor to know Jade in person as a classmate in uni. The fact that one of us students wrote a book is really crazy, and I am proud and inspired beyond words. Once you have structure to learning process it becomes more effective and this book is a great start for building it. This book changed my perspective towards the exams. You will fall in love with the learning after you read this book. What happens next is a panic-induced mayhem of highlighting everything in the textbook (without even questioning if it's actually helpful). But I'm here to help you change this! The end of the book was a little bit slow and a little harder to get through, but I still learned things from it.

Tasks: memorize each caliphate of the Islamic Empire and its time span, learn the five most impactful caliphs and their major beliefs and accomplishments The benefits of meditation include being mindful and being present. Use guided meditations at first (5-10 minutes a day) from well-known apps such as Headspace and Calm. Chapter 9: Perfectionism and Fear of Failure You can create a system around spaced repetition (using spreadsheets, or Notion) with the concepts you’re trying to learn and the time when you last studied it. You don’t have to revise longer, just more frequently. We've all been there: a new school year starts and there's 8 months till your exams - that's plenty of time, right? Then there's 6 months, 3 months, 1 month and oh, now there's 2 weeks left and you haven't started studying... Jade combines science based insights into learning with her own experiences and advice from other people. While she always puts a focus on mental health and individual differences.

These additional components will arguably help you accomplish the task more efficiently by ensuring you have the materials and time necessary to complete it in one go. Reflecting on these components will also improve your ability to effectively prioritize and schedule your plans (which we’ll discuss in Step #3 and Step #4). For example, a high-effort plan might require a buffer of recovery time before you can start your next plan for the day. Step #3: Prioritize Your Tasks and Plans Monthly overviews and weekly plans (forethought): To be productive, understand your priorities. A way to achieve this is by brainstorming everything you want to get done over the course of a month. You then focus on everything that holds meaning to you. Once you’ve identified the outcomes, you need to identify goals. Finally, you break down those goals into smaller weekly goals. What happens next is a panic-induced mayhem of highlighting everything in the textbook (without even questioning if it’s actually helpful). But I’m here to help you change this! How has the education system got away with expecting students to take exams to determine their future life prospects without ever actively teaching you how to study? We’re given information. We’re given textbooks. We’re even taught each lesson in that textbook. But perhaps the most essential process – that of distilling, learning and memorising the content – is left up to you. Let me tell you, it took me a long time to realise that highlighting my biology textbook wasn’t going to get me an A*... Thank you, Jade, for sharing all your knowledge with the world. Thank you for being vulnerable and pouring your heart in your book. Thank you for your hard work!

Shortform note: Blurting has become such a popular method of studying that teachers have created blurting worksheets and templates. These papers are specifically designed to help students test their knowledge and then actively reflect on what they remember and what they need to spend more time revising.) Method #3: Create Connections A cue: something that triggers a habit (for instance, there’s a buzz and you immediately look at your phone).Blurting: This is the author’s favorite technique. You take something you want to revise. You write yourself prompts, write down everything you remember about it and then compare your notes to the source material. The benefit of blurting is that you can see what you can and can’t remember. What’s a habit? A habit isn’t a daily activity. If you feel like you have to do something, that’s not a habit, that’s a responsibility. According to Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit, habits have three parts: