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Redefining Revision With Science
One topic at a time, in depth. Every claim traced back to the paper it came from, every chart built from the numbers in that paper, and every figure we could not verify left out.
How to Find the Area of All Shapes
Area formulas, labelled diagrams and worked examples for common 2D shapes. Use the 13-shape calculator, then learn how to handle compound shapes and square units.
- 13-shape calculator
- Worked examples
- 8 source references
12 Best Study Methods, Ranked by Research Evidence
Every technique students are told to use, ranked by effect size — with the real spacing schedules, the brain-scan evidence, and the two popular methods you should drop.
- 13 original charts
- 15 cited papers
- 2,900 words
Brain Foods for Memory: What Actually Survived the Clinical Trials
Twelve foods, graded by the kind of evidence behind them — with the doses, the randomized trials that came back null, and the four claims we could not verify and did not print.
- 6 original charts
- 21 cited papers
- 3,500 words
The Best Music to Study To, Graded by the Evidence
Thirteen study sounds, graded by how well the evidence holds up — with the reading result that shows up in all eight studies, the noise that helps one group and hurts the other, and the twelve claims we could not verify and did not print.
- 7 original charts
- 22 cited papers
- 3,500 words
Being written
Each of these takes one method from the ranking and goes a level deeper.
Active recall, properly
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Cornell notes for STEM
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