How to Memorize Biology Terms and Processes

A single biology chapter can throw dozens of new words at you, and then it asks you to put them in order inside a process with eight steps. It’s a lot. Memorization for biology is a skill, though, and learning research says a lot about how to do it well. Knowing...

Is Anatomy Harder Than Chemistry? A&P vs. Gen Chem

If you’re pre-nursing or pre-health, there’s a good chance anatomy and physiology and general chemistry land on your schedule close together, maybe even in the same semester. And everybody has an opinion. Your roommate swears A&P nearly ended her. Your...

How Many Hours Should a College Student Study?

In high school, most of your learning probably happened during class. Then college arrives, your schedule shows only 15 hours of class a week, and it looks like a lot of free time. It isn’t, and most students figure that out around the first exam. If...

Best Study Methods for Chemistry, Backed by Research

You read the chapter twice. You highlighted the important parts in three colors. Then the exam put a problem in front of you and your mind went blank. That gap between “I studied” and “I can do it” is exactly what learning research has been...

How to Pass Anatomy and Physiology: A Practical Plan

Anatomy and physiology is the class that a lot of pre-nursing and pre-health students worry about most. There are hundreds of new terms, lab practicals where you identify structures on a timer, and physiology questions that ask you to explain how whole systems work...

Is a Chemistry Tutor Worth It? – When to Get Help

You’ve watched the lecture recording and gone back over your notes. And when you sit down with the homework, the problems still don’t make sense. At some point a quiet thought shows up: maybe I need a tutor. Then the next thought arrives right behind it,...