Learn by typing: the study method that makes facts stick

Why typing beats rereading

Typing a sentence makes you process every word in order, and the recall pass makes you produce the key terms yourself. Producing an answer, rather than rereading it, is what moves knowledge into long-term memory.

Rereading feels productive because the text looks familiar, but familiarity is not recall. Typing the sentence, then typing it again with the key terms hidden, tests whether you can actually produce the knowledge.

How Type mode works

The whole lesson stays on an index card, one sentence per row, and you type over it. Speed and accuracy stay pinned at the top while the page follows your caret.

• Copy pass: type the lesson exactly as written
• Recall pass: the highlighted key terms are blank, so you type them from memory
• Words per minute and accuracy for every lesson
• Model answers to exam questions can be typed the same way

Better typing as a bonus

Students using Type to Study practise touch typing on the subjects they need, instead of random words, so typing speed improves while they revise.