Flashcards work… So then why do students quit? In this teacher-focused guide, we’ll explore how educators can sustain motivation, build habits, and help effective learning strategies stick.
AI can speed up studying or quietly sabotage it. Here’s why Brainscape built an AI assistant that improves flashcards, without replacing thinking.
How a Columbia master’s thesis and a small experiment led Brainscape founder to risk everything to build a study tool that would help people learn twice as fast.
Discover how principles like retrieval practice, spaced repetition, and metacognition can help you learn faster and remember longer.
Learn how retrieval practice trains your brain to lock in knowledge for the long haul and the strategies you can use to stop passively studying and start recalling.
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Learn what spaced repetition is, why it matters for memory and learning, and how modern study methods use it to help you remember more with less effort.
Learn what Cognitive Load Theory is, why too much information at once overloads your brain, and how you can negotiate it to minimize the pain of studying (while maximizing retention).
Can you use social motivation to improve your learning? Yes! In this article we explain how, as well as why we study harder, perform better, and stay more accountable when others are watching.
Discover the psychology behind the "What the Hell Effect" and how to break the cycle, end self-sabotaging habits, and turn regret into resolve.
Learn what active recall is, why it beats traditional study methods, and how digital flashcards leverage it to help you learn much faster!
In this TOEFL listening practice guide, you’ll learn about the section format, get strategies and test-day advice, and train with free practice videos.
Free English speaking practice prompts for TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS, and CELPIP learners to help them hone their speaking skills for any advanced English class or exam.
Free English reading practice questions for TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS, and CELPIP learners to help them hone their reading skills for any advanced English class or exam.
Improve your TOEFL reading practice with tips, strategies, and sample questions to master vocabulary, timing, and comprehension before test day.
In this TOEFL speaking practice guide, you’ll learn about the section format, get strategies and test-day advice, and train with free speaking practice prompts.
TOEFL writing practice guide with expert tips, strategies, and a question bank to help you plan, organize, and write clear essays under time pressure.
Free English writing practice questions for TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS, and CELPIP learners to help them hone their writing skills for any advanced English class or exam.
This TOEFL study guide covers exam structure, study timelines, test-day tips, and strategies to improve vocabulary, grammar, and exam scores in preparation for the TOEFL.
Learn what metacognition is, why it’s such a powerful strategy for remembering just about anything, and how digital flashcards are the key to unlocking it.
Discover how confidence-based repetition boosts retention, sharpens metacognition, and makes every study session more efficient.
Learn what free recall is, why it’s a powerful way to solidify your memory no matter what you’re learning, and the best tools to train your brain to recall more, faster, and longer.
Discover what scaffolding in education means, how it supports students’ learning step-by-step, and what study tools, like digital flashcards, you can use to build mastery.
Learn what variable rewards are, why unpredictability boosts motivation, and how modern study methods use it to help you learn (or teach) more with less effort.
Learn what hyperbolic discounting is, why it sabotages your long-term goals, and how digital flashcards can help you beat it to meet your learning goals.