Exam Study Expert: ace your exams with the science of learning
Don’t work harder, work smarter: how to study effectively and get the grades of your dreams with winning review strategies, killer memory techniques and exam preparation tips you won’t hear anywhere else. Join Cambridge educated psychologist, study techniques researcher, coach and tutor William Wadsworth as we dive into the secrets of academic success.Looking for the grades of your dreams? Want to know the real secrets to preparing for and taking exams? Through a powerful combination of rich personal experience and the very latest learning and memory science, William and his expert guests are here to help. Here's to results day smiles!
Exam Study Expert: ace your exams with the science of learning
147. Overcoming Retrieval Resistance
Retrieval practice is the shortcut to learning faster and remembering more, but nearly everyone under-utilises it (at least some of the time), even once you know about it and why it matters.
Why?
Today I'm breaking down the big 5 barriers to consistent retrieval practice that I most commonly see, and show you how to overcome them.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Episode 69. Rose's student story (high school student)
- Episode 71. Divine's student story (accounting professional exams)
- Episode 73. Michael's student story (school / university student career)
- Episode 75. Charlie's student story (law conversion exams)
- Episode 108. Sibo's student story (board-level medical exams)
- Episode 111. Adam's student story (dyslexia and finance exams)
- Episode 123 on How Many Hours Should You Study
- Episode 53 on Are You Working Too Hard
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