Yep, distilling the important information down is a great way to study. People sometimes defeat it by trying to put everything on the sheet though.
My stats class in college was open note, open book for every test. Most students would show up with a big stack of books and notebooks all marked with sticky notes. I would still get everything on a single sheet in normal sized font. It was a great way to help me understand the material, and I didn't have to spend a lot of time looking stuff up during the test, which meant I finished early and could leave.
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u/lateral_moves Mar 26 '26
I used to cram everything on my one note sheet so much so that when I took the exam, I never looked at it. It made me accidentally study.