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Don’t study for your FE exam until you read this!

Many students who fail their FE exam don’t necessarily fail because they did not put in enough study time. On the contrary, they studied really hard for months! But how could all this effort go to waste? There is a lot of confusion about how to learn the concepts, skills, and techniques needed to confidently…

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The Optimal way to Prepare for your FE Exam

We would think delaying our FE exam is a good thing right? It gives us more time to study, more time to practice, and better retention of the information. Well, it depends!  In reality, delaying the FE exam has two main drawbacks: (1) forgetting content and (2) burnout Students naturally believe that the more time…

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Lesson 8: FE Exam Study Mindset and Reflection

Here it is, our final lesson in this series covering the science behind effective FE exam learning! Before reading this lesson, I suggest that you take a few minutes to yourself to try to remember or recall what we’ve learned so far. You can always refer back to the previous lessons by checking your understanding…

Lesson 7: Assessing your FE exam Knowledge

Lesson 7: Assessing your FE exam Knowledge

Last lesson, we talked about the right kind of FE exam practice and looked at the importance of using feedback. Today, we will talk about a specific kind of feedback: assessments of what you know. Effective FE exam learners find the time to frequency and accurately assess what they’ve learned. Like setting those specific learning…

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Lesson 5: The Order of FE Exam Knowledge

Last lesson, we covered effective ways to remember what you learn as you’re preparing for the FE exam. Today, we will discuss the important role prior knowledge plays in helping you learn and retain what you’re studying. Our comprehension of new information can be improved by activating our prior knowledge, a process that helps us…

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Lesson 4: Stop Forgetting what you Learn for the FE exam

Last lesson, we discussed how cognitive load can impair our memory when studying for the FE exam. If you missed this, you can find it here. Learning skills and concepts for the FE exam requires remembering some information, but many students use ineffective techniques to remember. Most of the time, students will re-read, write word…

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Lesson 3: FE Exam Cognitive Load

So far we have defined expert practices and created effective learning goals that are precise, measurable, and relate back to expert linked skills. If you missed these lessons, you can read it here. Today we will discuss one of the most important ideas that underlies all effective FE exam learning strategies—the idea of cognitive load….

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Lesson 2 – Setting Precise, Measurable, Expert Related FE Exam Learning Goals

In lesson 1, we talked about the first step in defining meaningful learning goals – studying expert thinking and expert worked examples. Today, we will focus on defining the learning goals by breaking them down into definable, achievable parts. Why would you want to do this? Having a clearly defined learning goal will make your…

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Lesson 1: Finding Expert worked FE Exam Problems

Let’s talk about effective learning. In the next 8 lessons, I will share some ideas on how learning works and provide insights for wisely selecting and structuring your learning experience as you’re preparing for the FE exam. It’s natural to learn. Learning is done every day. Want to learn a new sport? Want to learn…

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