Cramming Strategy for Finals

Cramming Strategy for Finals

• Avoid Rereading Everything: Instead of trying to reread all the material the night before a final, which is often ineffective, adopt a more targeted approach.
• Work Backwards: This strategy involves starting with practice questions and then reviewing the specific topics that need improvement.

Step-by-Step Cramming Method

1. Upload Materials:
   • Upload the textbook or the teacher's slides onto a website or platform that offers study tools. The specific platform isn't named, but the features are the key.
2. Initial Study Guide (Ignore):
   • The platform generates a study guide, but this is initially ignored to focus on active recall through practice questions.
3. Generate Practice Questions:
   • Use the platform to generate practice questions.
   • Select the "hard" difficulty setting to focus on application-based questions.
4. Practice and Review:
   • After attempting each question, note down the ones answered incorrectly.
   • Refer back to the study guide, specifically reviewing the topics related to the questions missed.
5. Iterate:
   • Continue practicing questions and reviewing the related topics until a satisfactory level of accuracy is achieved (i.e., until you stop getting questions wrong).

Effectiveness

• This method is described as "the only kind of thing that works for me," suggesting it's a highly personalized and effective strategy for the individual.