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Spaced repetition — Exam preparation tips

We forget fast after learning something — but each review makes the memory last longer, so the next review can wait longer. Spaced repetition plans reviews after growing gaps: 1 day, 3 days, 7 days and 14 days after learning. One hour on four different days is kept far better than four hours in one night. Cramming the night before mostly fades within days.

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Study tip

Little and often, gaps growing — “review just as you are about to forget, then wait longer next time”

  1. Review a topic 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after you learn it: review day = learning day + gap.
  2. Doubling gaps work too: 1, then 2, then 4, then 8 days.
  3. Forgot part of it at a review? Shorten the gap and review again soon. Spread study over days; avoid one long cram.

Use it for: Vocabulary, formulas, dates, definitions, diagrams — anything you need to remember for weeks.

Worked example: 📅 You learn a new topic on day 13 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your second review? → 16

  1. The second review comes 3 days after learning.
  2. 13 + 3 = day 16.

Check: Try it: mark review days 1, 3, 7 and 14 after today in your planner for one topic you learned today ✓

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20 questions. Check each answer, then go to the next one. Get 16 or more right to pass.

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