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Make It Weird
How to remember more, revise less and stop cramming
A memory and revision workbook for teens
Ages 13 to 17 ยท A write-in workbook
Make It Weird is a write-in workbook that teaches 13 to 17 year olds how to remember, revise and use what they learn. This site has the free extras the book promises: fresh templates to print, every source as a link you can click, and notes for teachers and parents.
The free extras
Every source, clickable
Typing these in is no fun. Every source is here as a link, chapter by chapter, with its limits.
Notes for teachers and parents
How the book works, how to use it with a class, and what the research does and doesn't show.
Read this. Then try to forget it.
Your first memory trick
Picture this as vividly as you can:
Hide the storyShow the story
A TOASTER launches a MANGO into a BOOT. The boot lands on a DRAGON, who escapes in a TAXI.
Look away. Can you recall the five words in capitals, in order?
Check your answer
Toaster, Mango, Boot, Dragon, Taxi.
You just tried a story chain. Inside, put memory tricks to work on the things you actually need to learn.
What's inside
- Start here. Your first win, and why you forget.
- Pillar 1: Remember. Weird pictures, story chains, pegs, memory palaces, numbers, names and foreign words.
- Pillar 2: Make it stick. Testing yourself, spacing, mixing, focus and sleep.
- Pillar 3: Understand. Meaning, notes, mind maps, teaching and reading.
- Pillar 4: Use it. Revision plans, exam day, speaking without notes, real life and keeping it going.
- Back of the book. Peg lists, templates, answers, sources, a glossary and the Score Tracker.
28 short chapters. Challenges. Retests. Write in it. Track your scores. See what changes.
Where the book is now
Version 0.1. It isn't in shops yet.
For teachers and parents
Questions, or ideas for the next version? Email info.belovedwebsites@gmail.com.