Study Smarter: A Science-Backed System
Evidence-based technique + memory tools + exam strategy, in one path.
Free to watch. Starting adds a personal copy to My Learning with progress tracking and a curated-path certificate on completion.
About this path
Stop studying harder and start studying correctly: the cognitive science of learning, evidence-based techniques (active recall, spaced repetition), note-taking and reading systems, trained memory techniques, and a four-week exam countdown strategy - assembled from five learning-skills courses.
What you'll learn
- Apply active recall and spaced repetition daily
- Take notes and read assignments effectively
- Memorize hard material with linking and memory techniques
- Execute a four-week exam countdown plan
The path, module by module
Each step is lifted from a full course in our catalog, and where a course repeats itself we keep only the lessons that earn their place.
Module 1 · from How Learning Works: The Science Behind Getting Better
What the Research Actually Says
Forgetting, the five biggest myths, the testing effect, desirable difficulties, and interleaving. The evidence base, before any technique.
5 lessons · 46m · hand-picked from 8
Forgetting doesn't work like you think. · The Five Biggest Myths About Learning · Tests Are Magic | The Testing Effect
Module 2 · from Evidence-Based Study Tips That Actually Work
Stop Doing the Things That Feel Productive
Free recall done properly, why highlighting fails, and what study gurus get wrong. Picked over the near-identical recall lessons elsewhere in the same course.
5 lessons · 30m · hand-picked from 8
How to do free recall (AKA active recall) - Language learning demonstration · A Simple Study Tip: Stop Highlighting · The Most Common Obstacle to Effective Studying
Module 3 · from Study Skills: The Complete Crash Course
The Working Routine
Notes, reading assignments, planning, and focus from Crash Course. Four of the ten episodes; the rest repeat ground you cover better elsewhere here.
4 lessons · 38m · hand-picked from 8
Taking Notes: Crash Course Study Skills #1 · Reading Assignments: Crash Course Study Skills #2 · Planning & Organization: Crash Course Study Skills #4
Module 4 · from Memory Techniques for Beginners
Four Memory Techniques Worth Knowing
Link, body, palace, and major systems. Skips the ninety-second listicle and the blindfolded Rubik's cube video that sit in the same playlist.
4 lessons · 22m · hand-picked from 9
HOW TO MEMORIZE EVERYTHING (SEE LINK GO! METHOD) · THE LINKING METHOD (FASTEST WAY TO MEMORIZE ANYTHING!) · THE MEMORY PALACE (tutorial + example)
Module 5 · from Exam Preparation Masterclass
The Four Weeks Before an Exam
A countdown plan, a revision system, and in-exam tactics when panic hits.
3 lessons · 39m · hand-picked from 4
How to MASTER your exam: 4 week countdown step-by-step walkthrough · Build Your Ultimate Exam Revision System (and Avoid Ineffective Exam Prep Strategies) · Exam Panic? 4 EFFECTIVE In-Exam Tips for IMPROVED Results
Module 6 · from Study Skills: The Complete Crash Course
Your Study System Starter Kit
Our own spaced-review calendar and exam-week protocol. The part you print out.
2 lessons · 4m
Build Your Spaced Review Calendar · Exam Week Protocol