Retrieval practice means closing the book and trying to pull the information out of your brain from scratch. A blank page and a prompt. No notes. No highlights. Just: “what do I remember about the Krebs cycle?” Then you check what you got wrong. Then you do it again tomorrow.

Pair retrieval practice with spaced repetition (doing those retrieval attempts across multiple days instead of all at once) and you’ve basically got the entire evidence-based playbook for studying. Cramming the night before crashes your working memory and does almost nothing for long-term recall. Ten minutes a day for two weeks beats five hours the night before.

https://austinscholar.substack.com/p/austin-scholar-214-how-to-use-learning

This description of how to study is the closest thing I've seen to my own methods. They are still trying to do too much imo though.