Exam Study Expert: Study Tips And Psychology Hacks To Learn Effectively And Get Top Grades

In today's episode we're back with giant of the "science of effective study" world, Professor John Dunlosky.We're discussing note-taking: effective note-taking in class on paper or your laptop, and how to make the most of your classes, lectures and instructors' resources. Featured today:John's book "Study Like A Champ": https://geni.us/dunloskyEpisode 154 with Professor Dunlosky: https://examstudyexpert.com/john-dunlosky/ * Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.1:1 COACHING to supercharge your exam success: https://examstudyexpert.com/coachingStudy Smarter Network: https://examstudyexpert.com/networkSCHOOL WORKSHOPS: https://examstudyexpert.com/workshopsQuestions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).

24 of my favourite tips, tricks and strategies to level up your study game instantly.They're quick to absorb, quick to apply, and quick to start giving you big results!From finding full focus to magical memory methods, there's something in here for everyone.Which will YOU try first?*Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.1:1 COACHING to supercharge your exam success: https://examstudyexpert.com/coachingStudy Smarter Network: https://examstudyexpert.com/networkSCHOOL WORKSHOPS: https://examstudyexpert.com/workshopsQuestions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).

Overcome procrastination when studying with my 3 favourite strategies to get moving NOW!Mentioned in this episode:Printable calendar chain template: https://examstudyexpert.com/chain1-on-1 exam success coaching: https://examstudyexpert.com/coachingThe Scholars' Way mindset / productivity course: https://examstudyexpert.com/tswWorkshops for schools: https://examstudyexpert.com/workshopsHosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.Questions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).

Today's guest is mindset coach Jennifer Keable, who will be rounding off this mini-series on finding academic calm.Jennifer's story of how she found a healthy balance between success and wellness covers academic anxiety, burnout and imposter syndrome. Plus, she offers plenty of tips on how to find and prioritise that balance yourself.* * * *Discover more about Jennifer: Visit her website: >> https://jenniferkeable.com/* * * *Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.BOOK 1:1 COACHING to supercharge your exam success: https://examstudyexpert.com/workwithme/Get a copy of Outsmart Your Exams, my award-winning exam technique book, at https://geni.us/exams*** As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases on suggested books. Questions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I

In the second part of this mini-series on finding calm in your academic journey, we’re exploring anxiety and managing stress for students.Our guest today, Heather Lillico, is a holistic nutritionist and a yoga and meditation instructor. Heather talks about her own very relatable struggles with anxiety during her academic career, as well as offering a wealth of practical, actionable advice on how to reduce your stress and anxiety with a holistic approach.Heather guides us through her three-pillar system for tackling stress: firstly, the simple changes we can make to our nutrition to improve our brain health, followed by the many benefits to our mental health that come from introducing yoga and meditation into our routines. * * * *Discover more about Heather here:Visit her website: >> https://www.heatherlillico.comOr join her community on the Cultivating Calm app: >> https://www.heatherlillico.com/getcalm* * * *Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills

Many listeners to the Exam Study Expert podcast are pretty high achievers, and with that, you tend to push yourself hard. Pushing too hard, for too long, with too little recovery can result in us getting run down and burnt out.Today's episode is all about understanding burnout, what it is, steps to avoid it, and steps to get out of it and recover.Today's guest, Hannah is an incredible authority on the subject of how to avoid and overcome burnout: whether you’re a student, professional or parent.Hannah’s advice is packed with personal experience and practical steps for identifying the 6 most common root causes of burnout, and the 4 fears that fuel them.We also take a deep dive into identifying and correcting unhelpful habits that lead to burnout, including procrastination, overachieving and setting boundaries.A must-listen episode, whether you’re feeling overwhelmed or are simply curious!* * * *Discover more about Hannah:Visit her website: >> https://serenesuccess.net/*Hosted by William Wadswor

Today we are joined by two experts on the topic of effective learning, or “wise learning”: educational psychologist Dr Wallace Panlilio and cognitive neuroscientist Dr Artyom Zinchenko.Artyom and Wallace guide us through what it means to be a wise learner, and how you can apply that knowledge when it comes to managing anxiety about tests and exams.They pair plenty of takeaways from recent research studies into test anxiety in students with concrete advice and strategies you can apply to minimise your stress this exam season.* * * *Find out more about Dr Wallace and Dr Artyom’s work: Wisest Learners, Parent Edition: https://geni.us/wisestparents *Wisest Learners, Teacher Edition: https://geni.us/wisestlearnersteachers *Visit their website at: https://wisestlearners.com/Get more from your host and the world of Exam Study Expert:>> Join my crash-course in handling your exams (and test anxiety) with panache, Exam Success Secrets: https://examstudyexpert.com/exam-secrets/>> Discover my top tips for ove

We’re wrapping up our Memory and Learning series here on the Exam Study Expert podcast by diving into the marvellous, and at times a little magical, world of mnemonic memory techniques. Our guide today is bestselling author and formidable memory enthusiast, Anthony Metivier, who takes us on a fantastic journey full of practical strategies – and a six-step system - capable of transforming how you learn and remember information.Featuring a wide cast of memory-capturing characters, from Optimus Prime and Wolverine, to Sherlock Holmes and Aristotle, this is the episode for all the budding memory enthusiasts in our audience.Access a FREE memory improvement kit, created by Anthony and full of his favourite mnemonic ideas at: >> https://examstudyexpert.com/kit *Or discover his full-blown mnemonic strategies course, Magnetic Memory Method, at:>> https://examstudyexpert.com/mmm **Disclaimer: Exam Study Expert may earn a referral fee from qualifying purchases of books and courses we recommend, at no extra c

Like a good workout, the best learning should be a bit of a stretch but not impossible.That's the principle desirable difficulty in action.I consider it a more "advanced" principle for learning effectively, but it's a very powerful idea to understand and be able to use if you're looking to make your learning as efficient as possible.Tune in to learn how, and take YOUR learning to the next level!*Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.COACHING FOR STUDENTS: to supercharge your exam success: https://examstudyexpert.com/coachingWORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOLS: to help your students (or colleagues) apply the science of learning: https://examstudyexpert.com/workshopsQuestions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).

Memory and learning month continues with an introduction to the powerful "cognitive load theory" principle, and how we can use it to supercharge your brain.Learn faster. Understand more. Overcome procrastination. Cognitive Load Theory could help with all of these, and more!** Get Ollie's "Cognitive Load Theory Mastery" course - highly recommended for teachers wanting to go deep on this powerful idea :>> https://examstudyexpert.com/CLT(The above link will redirect to Ollie's course page for details, the Exam Study Expert podcast will earn a small referral fee at no extra cost to you if you go on to make a purchase. Forward your receipt to our normal email address to claim your copy of Outsmart Your Exams, an extra bonus from us.)Also mentioned in today's episode:- Read Cognitive Load Theory in Action (book): https://geni.us/cognitiveload- Listen to Ollie's very popular Education Reading Room podcast: https://www.ollielovell.com/podcast/ - Read Ollie's publishe

Our Memory & Learning series continues with giant of the "science of effective study" world, Professor John Dunlosky.In today's must-listen episode, we discover:Why learning should be challengingA taxonomy for thinking about 10 popular study strategies - which work best, and for what?How to master "successive re-learning"Plus an expert's take on whether to use digital flashcards, dual coding, watching online video and more!Part of Memory & Learning series here on the Exam Study Expert podcast.Featured today:John's book "Study Like A Champ": https://geni.us/dunloskyJohn's original paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1529100612453266Episode 45 with Learning Scientists cofounder Jude Weinstein Jones https://examstudyexpert.com/yana-weinstein-jones/Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills specialist. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less

We're concluding our special "Teaching Learning Skills" mini-series this week with a case study on building a tutor time study skills programme.Packed with highly practical details, with today's special guest Katie Holmes.Follow Katie: @KatieEHolmes_, https://twitter.com/KatieEHolmes_From your host:Retrieval buy-in lesson resource:>> https://ExamStudyExpert.com/retrieval-lessonDiscover the Revision Census>> https://examstudyexpert.com/revision-census*Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.TEACHING RESOURCES: https://examstudyexpert.com/workbookSPEAKING / WORKSHOPS: https://examstudyexpert.com/workshopsQuestions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).

Today, we're continuing our special educator-focused mini series with a chance to step back and take stock of the rise of evidence-based practice in education. Our headline guest today is founder of the researchED conference series, Tom Bennett OBE, and I'm joined towards the end of the episode by a couple of other recent guests giving their perspectives on the question of how far we've come in terms of getting evidence into education, and how we might develop further in this direction.Links and resources from today's headline guest (Tom Bennett):Tom's website / socials:  https://tombennetttraining.co.uk/, @tombennett71Running The Room (book): https://geni.us/behaviour*ResearchED: https://researched.org.uk/From your host and other featured guests (Dr Haili Hughes and Peps McCrea):Follow Haili @HughesHailiPeps' Evidence Snacks: https://snacks.pepsmccrea.com/Revision Census research: https://examstudyexpert.com/Revision-Census*Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, indep

To kick off this week's special "for teachers" series, we're welcoming Dr Haili Hughes to talk about how to be an effective mentor to students in their study skills, and what good pedagogy for "learning to learn" should include.- Mentoring in Schools [book]: https://geni.us/haili*- Follow Haili @HughesHaili: https://twitter.com/HughesHaili*Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.TEACHING RESOURCES: https://examstudyexpert.com/workbookSPEAKING / WORKSHOPS: https://examstudyexpert.com/workshopsGet a copy of Outsmart Your Exams, my award-winning exam technique book, at https://geni.us/exams**As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases on suggested books.Questions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).

Memory & Learning series continues with Amarbeer Singh Gill, author of "Dunlosky's Strengthening The Student Toolbox In Action".We're unpacking some of less-known strategies from John Dunlosky's famous 2013 review of the most effective study strategies.Join us to learn when (and how) to use strategies like:Elaborative interrogationSelf-explanationMental imagerySummarisationInterleaving and other tips for studying mathsPart of the Memory & Learning series here on the Exam Study Expert podcast this month.Dunlosky's Strengthening the Student Toolbox: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1021069.pdfSingh's website and book: https://unpackingeducation.wixsite.com/home/book*Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.BOOK 1:1 COACHING to supercharge your exam success: https://examstudyexpert.com/workwithme/G

We're kicking off a new series on Memory & Learning with a deep-dive into memory fundamentals.We're guided in this fascinating and illuminating conversation by Peps McCrea award-winning teacher educator and author. Even if you're familiar with some of the basics, Peps has a wonderful way of using analogy to deepen your intuition about what's really going on when we learn and later recall information.With practical takeaways interspersed throughout, this episode is not to be missed!Discover Peps' work via:- Peps' website: https://pepsmccrea.com/- "Evidence Snacks" email at: https://snacks.pepsmccrea.com/- Memorable Teaching [book] at: https://geni.us/memorable-teaching**Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.WANT ME TO SPEAK AT YOUR SCHOOL? Learn more at: https://examstudyexpert.com/revision-works

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 *Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace thei

There’s no such thing as a “visual learner”.The idea that some of us are “visual learners” and learn best through imagery is a myth, and has been widely debunked by psychologists. (See https://examstudyexpert.com/brain-science-quiz/ for this and more myths about learning and the brain!).But in many ways, we are ALL visual learners.Because visuals, when used properly, can have a big benefit for our learning, not least through the powerful “dual coding” effect.Highly respected teaching and learning expert Oliver Caviglioli joins me to explain all, and break down exactly how YOU can take advantage of the power of visuals in your own studies.Part of Learning Science Season here on the Exam Study Expert Podcast.Find Oliver online:On Twitter: @OliCavPersonal website: https://www.olicav.com/ Dual Coding book: https://geni.us/dualcoding Teaching Walkthroughs: https://www.walkthrus.co.uk/ First broadcast as Episode 48, on March 14th 2021.*Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and stu

Can you remember what you learned last week?How about last month?Spaced learning is an INCREDIBLY powerful strategy for getting knowledge into memory - and making it stick there.Renowned Dr Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel of the Learning Scientists project and Teaching Innovation & Learning Enhancement network joins us to break down exactly what you need to know to get up and running with spaced learning.Your grades will never be the same again...!Twitter: @PimpMyMemoryLearning Scientists: https://www.learningscientists.org/TILE: https://tile.psy.gla.ac.uk/Carolina’s personal website: http://www.carolinakuepper-tetzel.com/First broadcast as Episode 47, on March 7th 2021.*Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.BOOK 1:1 COACHING to supercharge your exam success: https://examstudyexpert.com/workwithme/SCHOOLS / UNIVERSITIES discover staff CPD / k

Today we have a special episode for the parents among our audience:I'm chatting to Dr Tamara Soles, child psychologist and parent herself, all about the most effective ways to support your child on their academic journey.  Dr Tamara has plenty of insights for parents: on our connections with our children, raising well-rounded and motivated individuals, handling academic pressure, and approaching neurodiversity effectively in education. Tune in, and bring a pen - I sure did!Find out more about Dr Tamara Soles and her work, right here:>> https://drtamarasoles.com/* * * *Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.BOOK 1:1 COACHING to supercharge your child's exam success, at: >> https://examstudyexpert.com/workwithme/Learn more about how Exam Study Expert can help YOU to support your child through their academic career, on o