Resources

Revision guides, backed by research.

Short, practical guides to revising maths well, drawn from published research rather than folklore. Each one takes about five minutes to read.

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Why testing yourself beats re-reading

Re-reading worked solutions feels like learning and is not. What the evidence says about retrieval practice, and how to build revision around it.

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Spacing and mixing: how to schedule maths revision

Two scheduling decisions change how much maths revision survives to the exam: how far apart sessions sit, and whether topics are blocked or mixed.

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Maths anxiety and the exam: what actually helps

Maths anxiety is not the same as being weak at maths. It occupies the mental workspace multi-step problems depend on, and several tested interventions reduce its cost.

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