Memos to Students

A Memo to Students about Studying

By Maryellen Weimer
August 20, 2018

No, this isn’t the usual plea urging you to study more. This is about getting you to think about what you do when you study. Based on lots of evidence, researchers can tell you which approaches are the most likely to improve exam scores. Do you know how you should study?

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