Haha - nice! Love it.

Nice. That’s especially powerful when you go back to do assignments or practice problems and you don’t have it spelled out for you exactly how to do it.

Haha well you live and you learn. I was on the opposite extreme... Not sure which is better but now we know.

Great summary Patrick! Happy to answer any questions anyone has in the comments.

Surprisingly, the “copying-down-what’s-on-the-chalkboard” problem is still rampant lol. It’s just “what you do” when you go to class, and nobody really tells you otherwise.

+1 - This is exactly how it happened for me. In the classes where my professors provided a “standard” equations sheet, and didn’t force you to create your own, I struggled on the exams big time.

I agree; however, the added “1 sheet” constraint forces you to think about how the information fits together more deeply.

I like the analogy of telling your friends about what happened during a movie you just saw. If you wanted to give them a good overview, you wouldn’t copy down the dialogue, and try to remember…

Nice! Getting in the “extra look” during the week is 50% of the battle. Forcing yourself to re-organize it in a way that you can fit it all on one sheet will make you think hard about how different concepts fit together. It’ll deepen your understanding at the conceptual level.