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The Self-Aware Learner: Hacking Your Brain’s Biases and Mastering the Strategies of A+ Students
The Self-Aware LearnerEver walk out of an exam thinking “I knew that!”—then the grade says otherwise? The Self-Aware Learner shows you how to outsmart the brain glitches that inflate confidence, hide weaknesses, and sabotage results. Instead of grinding harder, you’ll learn to study smarter with practical systems you can use tonight.
What makes this differentBias-proof your Spot and fix hindsight bias, confirmation bias, anchoring, and Dunning-Kruger before they wreck your score.Toolkit, not a Use Visual/Aural/Read-Write/Kinesthetic together as a strategic blend.Templates that Pre-Exam Prediction, 5-Minute Final audio, and a ruthless Exam Post-Mortem.Subject-specific Exact tactics for sciences, humanities, and math.Focus on Pomodoro sprints, distraction defenses, and simple mindfulness resets.You'll learn toReplace passive review with active recall and Q&A self-testing audio.Turn lectures into results with active listening and high-yield notes.Build a personal “second brain” using TTS, recording, and modern note apps.Peek inside selected chaptersCh. 1 – The Enemy in the Why smart students fail (hindsight bias) and how to stop it.Ch. 4 – The Prediction A pre-exam forecast that exposes blind spots before test day.Ch. 8 – Active Listening & Turn lectures into recallable knowledge.Ch. 11 – The Power of Your Own Record short “personal podcasts” to lock concepts in.Ch. 15 – The Pre-Exam 48-hour plan using active recall, audio, and light exercise.Ch. 16 – The Exam Error Autopsy worksheet so you never repeat mistakes.Ready to stop guessing and start mastering? Get the system that top students build—on purpose.
TAGS: study skills, cognitive biases, metacognition, hindsight bias, active recall, spaced repetition, VARK, educational psychology, memory, focus, Pomodoro, note-taking, exam prep, study strategies, test-taking
What makes this differentBias-proof your Spot and fix hindsight bias, confirmation bias, anchoring, and Dunning-Kruger before they wreck your score.Toolkit, not a Use Visual/Aural/Read-Write/Kinesthetic together as a strategic blend.Templates that Pre-Exam Prediction, 5-Minute Final audio, and a ruthless Exam Post-Mortem.Subject-specific Exact tactics for sciences, humanities, and math.Focus on Pomodoro sprints, distraction defenses, and simple mindfulness resets.You'll learn toReplace passive review with active recall and Q&A self-testing audio.Turn lectures into results with active listening and high-yield notes.Build a personal “second brain” using TTS, recording, and modern note apps.Peek inside selected chaptersCh. 1 – The Enemy in the Why smart students fail (hindsight bias) and how to stop it.Ch. 4 – The Prediction A pre-exam forecast that exposes blind spots before test day.Ch. 8 – Active Listening & Turn lectures into recallable knowledge.Ch. 11 – The Power of Your Own Record short “personal podcasts” to lock concepts in.Ch. 15 – The Pre-Exam 48-hour plan using active recall, audio, and light exercise.Ch. 16 – The Exam Error Autopsy worksheet so you never repeat mistakes.Ready to stop guessing and start mastering? Get the system that top students build—on purpose.
TAGS: study skills, cognitive biases, metacognition, hindsight bias, active recall, spaced repetition, VARK, educational psychology, memory, focus, Pomodoro, note-taking, exam prep, study strategies, test-taking
105 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 21, 2025
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