Learn Mistake - Study by evidence, not by habit.
Study by evidence, not by habit.
A Mind for Numbers vs Make It Stick
Read Make It Stick first if you want the core study methods with the strongest research behind them, for any subject from the bar to Spanish. Read A Mind...
Simon Okoro • 7 min readTurn Practice Test Mistakes Into Leitner Cards
When you finish, every wrong answer from one practice test will be a flashcard in Box 1 of a Leitner box. Each card asks for the rule you missed, and each...
Harriet Ashford • 4 min readToo Many Cards in Leitner Box 1? Fix It
If Box 1 has swollen past 100 cards and your daily review now takes an hour, the fix has three parts. Stop feeding Box 1. Shrink the cards that keep...
Harriet Ashford • 5 min readLeitner System vs Anki for Exam Prep
If your deck will stay at a few hundred cards and you remember things better when you write them by hand, a paper Leitner box is enough. If you face a...
Simon Okoro • 7 min readDoes the Leitner System Actually Work
Does the Leitner system work? Mostly yes, though the research supports something slightly different from the box on your desk. The idea underneath it has...
Ottoline Moretti • 6 min readLeitner System Schedule for 3, 5 and 7 Boxes
Which box do you review today? On a Leitner schedule, you review Box 1 every day, and each higher box on a longer fixed gap. On any given day you open only...
Harriet Ashford • 6 min readHow to Make a Leitner Box at Home
When you finish this, you will have a flashcard box with labeled dividers and a first stack of question cards in Box 1, ready for your first session. It...
Ottoline Moretti • 5 min readBuilding an Error Log for a Bar Exam Retake
Can a failed bar score report tell you what to study for February? Partly. It tells you where you lost points: which MBE subjects and which essays. It...
Simon Okoro • 5 min readWhat the New Spacing Study Means for Your Schedule
A meta-analysis published in The Clinical Teacher in 2026 pooled 14 studies and 21,415 medical learners and found that those who studied with spaced...
Ottoline Moretti • 18 min readWhy Cramming Before the October SAT Won't Save Your Score
If you registered for the October 3 SAT today, the last day College Board's regular deadlinehttps://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/dates-deadlines allows,...
Harriet Ashford • 7 min read