Posts tagged: study-skills

Posts tagged with study-skills on eGunas blog.

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An open squared-paper notebook of handwritten working with earlier attempts crossed out, a pencil and eraser resting beside it on a sunlit desk

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September 3, 2026

Why Maths Has to Be Studied Differently

Reading your maths notes is close to useless, and most students find that out during the exam. Maths is a doing subject, and it needs a different revision method from the ones that work everywhere else.

Maths Study Skills Students

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Student writing from memory on blank paper with a closed textbook face-down beside them

Study Skills

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August 27, 2026

How to Test Yourself Properly, and Why Rereading Fails

Closing the book and trying to recall beats rereading by a wide margin in study after study. Here is how to do retrieval practice properly, and the three mistakes that quietly undo it.

Study Skills Memory Students

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Student turning back through earlier textbook chapters with coloured sticky tabs marking pages

Study Skills

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August 20, 2026

How to Study a Subject When You've Missed the Basics

When the current chapter makes no sense, the problem is almost always two chapters back. How to find the break point and close it without starting the whole subject again.

Study Skills Students Maths

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Student solving problems by hand in a notebook with textbooks and a laptop nearby

Study Skills

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August 18, 2026

How to Study With AI Without Quietly Getting Worse at the Subject

Students who leaned on GPT-4 while practising scored worse once it was taken away. Six methods that use AI without weakening what you actually remember.

Study Skills Students Ai Study Tools

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