AI makes homework weird: it will happily hand over finished answers, and that teaches nothing. The rule that fixed it for me (and for students I've helped) is simple — AI explains, you answer:

1. **Stuck on a step?** Ask AI to explain that step, not solve the problem. "Explain how to isolate x here" teaches; "solve this" doesn't.
2. **Need to memorize?** Ask it to quiz you with flashcards and to make each round slightly harder.
3. **Writing an essay?** Let it help outline your argument — then you write every sentence yourself.
4. **Check your work, don't copy it.** Ask AI to point out where your solution might be wrong, then fix it yourself.

Teachers can usually tell copied work from understood work, and the understanding is the part that actually survives the test. What is your line for using AI on schoolwork — where does help become cheating?

I wrote a beginner book, "AI for Ding-Dongs," about using AI this way — plain English, no jargon. Link on request.

I made a free app for studying. You hold a key and ask it anything out loud, and it sees your screen so it already knows what you're working on. It answers, explains, reads stuff for you, makes study guides, whatever you need, and you never leave what you're doing.

No more jumping between tabs to look things up. I just ask and keep going, and I get through way more in one sitting. Free to try, its on utterseen.com give me some feedback its available on windows and for Mac you have to paste xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Utterseen.app in terminal becuase I am not paying 100 bucks for apple developer id lol

En révisant, je me suis rendu compte que relire des cours de manière passive ne servait à rien et que les flashcards seules manquaient souvent de contexte/exemples.

J'ai développé un petit outil qui découpe automatiquement n'importe quel cours/fiche en plusieurs notions, où chaque notion est composée de :

1. Synthèse du cours (un gros résumé d'une partie de ton cours)
2. Exemple concret (soit une formule, un tableau de dates ou autre)
3. Exercice d'application (un exo corrigé en plusieurs étapes, l'exo est décomposé afin d'améliorer la compréhension)
4. Quiz rapide (qui te teste pour voir si tu as bien compris)

Et ensuite, une fois toutes les notions terminées, tu peux faire un quiz de 10 questions si besoin pour vérifier que tu as bien compris.

Mon but avec cet outil est de réduire, comme j'avais, le stress devant la copie, le « on ne sait pas quoi répondre » pour après se taper un 8. Tout va mieux depuis que j'utilise l'IA car j'ai appris à la maîtriser. Je fais mes études dans l'IA, donc je me suis dit autant faire partager à chaque jeune une méthode toute faite pour l'aider, etc. Ça peut être la meilleure chose qui puisse lui arriver : il va avoir plus confiance en son intelligence, plus confiance devant sa copie. À l'avance, il va savoir que cette éval va être facile, il connaîtra tout. Et depuis, mes parents et tout le monde me laissent faire chaque projet, ils me laissent tranquille. J'ai commencé à me former au lycée et ils savaient qu'à côté mes cours, etc., ça allait fonctionner car j'optimisais mes révisions avec l'IA, ce qui me faisait gagner des heures. Bref.

L'outil est fonctionnel, mais avant de lancer quoi que ce soit, je veux être sûr que ça apporte une vraie valeur à d'autres étudiants (Lycée, PASS, Droit, Prépa, BTS...).

Je cherche 5 à 10 personnes motivées pour tester l'outil 100 % gratuitement pendant un mois en échange d'un avis honnête (ce qui marche, ce qui est nul, ce qu'il faut améliorer).

Laissez un commentaire si vous voulez un accès, je vous remercie d'avance et passez une bonne journée ou une bonne soirée

Estoy en mi primer año de u y me está costando muchísimo estudiar, no puedo hacerlo sino hasta el último día antes de una evaluación y siento que me podría ir muchísimo mejor si supiera como parar de dejar todo a último minuto
Lo bueno que tengo es que una vez que me siento a estudiar puedo estar más de 7 horas haciéndolo, pero mentalizarme es super difícil:(
Algún tip?

One annoying thing about recorded lectures is having to dig through a 50-minute video just to find that one explanation you didn't fully understand.

Here's an idea for anyone revising from recordings.

When you come across a useful explanation, note the timestamps. If you're allowed to save the recording, extract that section as an MP3 and name it after the actual topic instead of something like "lecture_08_final.mp4".

Then when you're reviewing, listen to that section, pause, and try explaining it without looking at your notes.

If you can't, you know what to go back and study.

This probably works better for spoken explanations, language lessons and theory-heavy subjects. If your lecturer spends the whole time drawing diagrams, you'll obviously need the video.

For the MP3 part, Tunexa can extract audio from supported video links and trim it to the section you need.

Full disclosure: I'm connected with Tunexa. There's a 3-day free premium trial, followed by a paid subscription.

Curious if anyone here actually uses audio recordings for revision, or if you mostly stick to written notes?

I wanted to start a thread about studying effectively. Here are a few methods worth trying:

1. Test yourself before you feel ready
After reading a section, close your notes and write down what you remember. Answer a question, explain a concept, or solve a problem without looking. Then check your answer and fill in the gaps.

2. Revisit topics over several days
Give yourself more than one encounter with the material. For example, review it tomorrow, a few days later, and again next week. Adjust the gaps depending on what you can still remember.

3. Explain the “why,” with an example
Go beyond remembering a definition. Why does it work that way? How does it connect to something you already know? Can you come up with an example of your own? Check your explanation against the source afterward.

4. Practice what you’ll need to do
If your exam involves solving problems, spend time solving them. If it involves essays, practice building an argument and writing an answer. Flashcards can help with the facts, but give yourself practice using those facts too.

5. Turn mistakes into your next study session
Keep a small list of questions you missed and why you missed them. Did you forget something, misunderstand the idea, or choose the wrong approach? Come back later and try again without checking the solution first.

A simple routine to try: study a small section -> recall it from memory -> check the gaps -> revisit it later.

Whether you use StudyRPG, paper flashcards, or practice questions, you can build these habits into your sessions.

What are you studying right now, and which method has helped you most? Specific examples would be useful for anyone trying to improve their routine.

Do you struggle to remember home work deadlines?

Is it difficult to decide what subjet to study first?

Do you make timetable but struggle to follow it?

What would make astudy planner more seful for you?

Someone to know hot to download some documents on studypool for free I really need them

I face a lot of problem while making notes from a lecture like if a lecture is 45 mins. long it would take me like 2 hrs just to make notes and understand a Lil bit not properly. And, no i do not make my notes beutifuly if you think that's the reason.

Also I have seen many people saying to make notes after completing lecture, I want to know what if there was certain things that you wanna add in a certain topic and later you forgot about that, what if you miss a certain.

Kindly tell what is the best way to prepare notes without wasting time and also learn and understand the lecture.

Cause for me time literally flies.

Hi! I'm an average academic student, I wouldn't say I'm that smart nor will I say I'm stupid but I'm just lost with how I study

Ever since elementary, I never knew how to study, I don't know why but all I did was listen before and everything that I listened to just stuck in my brain forever and I could just recall all that information like I memorized it instantly, but now I fear I've lost that ability 💔

I lowk have a not so good attention span now and I don't remember every detail like before and I just wanna know what are the best study tips to actually help you learn and not just memorize.

You see now that I'm in hs I'm struggling lowk cause I do not know how to study😭

But somehow I still have high marks (?)

Especially math, I struggle with anything that involves maths. I tried to explore study methods but I don't think if works for me

Do you guys have any tips for me pls pls pls?

Recommend apps and study techniques if you ever have any

Ive heard of some apps like anki, quizlet and notion and I think it's okay I just don't think its that enough or effective (or probably because i don't really pay attention to it most of the time). This makes me overthink if I have adhd or a disorder 😭 because I jst don't have the motivation and I'm lowkey burnt out at the moment, so yeah hehe

Additionally I also wanna be addicted to studying and learn everything 😭

I really wanna know how to study effectively so that I can fix my academic system🙏

I kept losing track of things because Canvas and Google Classroom each only show part of my workload, and the planner apps I tried were either ugly or missing something.

So I built one that holds assignments, exams, reminders, a weekly class schedule and notes in one place: https://planiverse.org

I'm curious how people here actually keep track of deadlines. What's the one feature a planner needs for you to keep using it?

Hi! I'm a 9th grader in ph and I'm currently struggling with math T-T.

I'm really trying to do self study since I cannot afford tutoring and all that soooo, I'm trying to find ways on how to study on my own, I really suck at math and I don't know where to start honestly.

Every lesson that comes in our class just doesn't seem to be understandable.

One factor that affects this is that I have weak math foundations. And whenever I try to study math it's either I forget instantly or I don't understand it at all, I also feel suffocated whenever I study math and it just seems like it won't get into my head, idk if it's some type of mental disorder or something but the fact of studying math already drains me.

Can anyone please please please 🙏 give me tips on how to actually study?

I get the fact that y'all are gonna say that you have to practice and master the basics but it just doesn't seem to remain in my head even if I do really try.

I really wanna learn math and want to love it and maybe have it as a hobby but even if I did try it just wouldn't work☹️

And I'm scared since shs and college is coming soon and if I don't master maths quick I'll really struggle a lot and fail even more

Additionally, are there any apps or ai that really helps you with math, that can track your progress and actually train your skills? I really wanna develop and I really wanna learn, I want to know the best apps that actually help you with math.

Do you guys have any tips for me? ☹️🙏