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	<title>Comments on: Monday Master Class: Use Focused Question Clusters to Study for Multiple Choice Tests</title>
	<link>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/</link>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Joe The II</title>
		<link>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-6938</link>
		<author>Joe The II</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-6938</guid>
		<description>If you're still looking at this post: Do you have any tips for creating question clusters based on material learned in textbooks?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re still looking at this post: Do you have any tips for creating question clusters based on material learned in textbooks?</p>
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		<title>By: Study Hacks &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Monday Master Class: Conquer Complicated Material with the Mini-Textbook Method</title>
		<link>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-6066</link>
		<author>Study Hacks &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Monday Master Class: Conquer Complicated Material with the Mini-Textbook Method</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-6066</guid>
		<description>[...] A reader recently asked me for some study advice. He was facing an exam in a course with unusually complicated material. The concepts were numerous, and tricky to understand, and connected to each other in non-obvious ways. It was clear that there was too much information to be efficiently handled by standard quiz-and-recall, so I referred him to my favorite under-appreciated study technique: the focused cluster method. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] A reader recently asked me for some study advice. He was facing an exam in a course with unusually complicated material. The concepts were numerous, and tricky to understand, and connected to each other in non-obvious ways. It was clear that there was too much information to be efficiently handled by standard quiz-and-recall, so I referred him to my favorite under-appreciated study technique: the focused cluster method. [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Daisy</title>
		<link>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-5866</link>
		<author>Daisy</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 11:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-5866</guid>
		<description>Thanks so much for this! It's a very big help to me; all my exams are this way! :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks so much for this! It&#8217;s a very big help to me; all my exams are this way! <img src='http://calnewport.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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		<title>By: Rae</title>
		<link>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-3921</link>
		<author>Rae</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-3921</guid>
		<description>Cal, you are awesome! Thank you so much for this....this really makes studying more efficient and I now have more time on my hands now....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cal, you are awesome! Thank you so much for this&#8230;.this really makes studying more efficient and I now have more time on my hands now&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Study Hacks &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Monday Master Class: The 5 Most Useful Study Hacks Articles That You Never Read</title>
		<link>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-3477</link>
		<author>Study Hacks &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Monday Master Class: The 5 Most Useful Study Hacks Articles That You Never Read</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-3477</guid>
		<description>[...] Use Focused Question Clusters to Study for Multiple Choice Tests One of the most glaring omissions in Straight-A is that I didn&#8217;t address fact-based technical courses &#8212; life sciences, anatomy, intro psych &#8212; the type of subjects that have you learn a lot of technical details, but feature few big ideas or sample problems. This article extends the classic quiz and recall method to efficiently handle notes that contain a large number of facts, systems, and details. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Use Focused Question Clusters to Study for Multiple Choice Tests One of the most glaring omissions in Straight-A is that I didn&#8217;t address fact-based technical courses &#8212; life sciences, anatomy, intro psych &#8212; the type of subjects that have you learn a lot of technical details, but feature few big ideas or sample problems. This article extends the classic quiz and recall method to efficiently handle notes that contain a large number of facts, systems, and details. [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Memorize This! 7 Ways to Memorize Anything! &#124; Mindful Ink</title>
		<link>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-3225</link>
		<author>Memorize This! 7 Ways to Memorize Anything! &#124; Mindful Ink</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-3225</guid>
		<description>[...] Study Hacks: Use Focused Question Clusters to Study  [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Study Hacks: Use Focused Question Clusters to Study  [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: AngelaN</title>
		<link>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-659</link>
		<author>AngelaN</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-659</guid>
		<description>Wow, this is going to be really helpful since most of my exams are in MC format.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, this is going to be really helpful since most of my exams are in MC format.</p>
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		<title>By: Midweek Links &#124; Scholastici.us: Student Productivity At Its Finest</title>
		<link>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-206</link>
		<author>Midweek Links &#124; Scholastici.us: Student Productivity At Its Finest</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/09/24/monday-master-class-use-focused-question-clusters-to-study-for-multiple-choice-tests/#comment-206</guid>
		<description>[...] Use Focused Question Clusters to Study for Multiple Choice Tests &#124; Study Hack Tag: linkblog addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scholastici.us%2F2007%2F09%2F25%2Fmidweek-links%2F'; addthis_title = 'Midweek+Links'; addthis_pub = '';  &#160;Print this post [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Use Focused Question Clusters to Study for Multiple Choice Tests | Study Hack Tag: linkblog addthis_url = &#8216;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scholastici.us%2F2007%2F09%2F25%2Fmidweek-links%2F&#8217;; addthis_title = &#8216;Midweek+Links&#8217;; addthis_pub = &#8221;;  &nbsp;Print this post [&#8230;]</p>
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