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We recommend it as the reference for the whole learning shelf: when two books disagree about a method, this is where to check which one the evidence is behind.
A long review that grades ten study techniques by how well they hold up across materials, learners and conditions, rather than by how popular they are. Practice testing and distributed practice come out highest; highlighting, summarising and re-reading come out lowest.
How to judge a study technique the way this product judges a supplement: by the strength and breadth of the evidence, by whether it was tested on people like you and on material like yours, and by what happens when the conditions change.
Two things to try
- Read the table of utility ratings first, then find your own habitual technique and read only its section.
- Replace one low-utility technique in your week with one high-utility one, and keep the rest constant so you can see the difference.
- Write the conditions under which the authors say the high-utility techniques still fail. Those are the ones you will meet.
Level, and what it means here
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