Check how sure you are
Before you check your book, say how sure you are: sure, kind of or not sure. Then see what actually came back.
Some teachers call this a confidence check.
How to do it with your own book
- 1Before you write anything, pick: sure, kind of or not sure.
- 2Close the book and write what you remember.
- 3Open the book and check.
- 4Look for the surprises: the ones you were sure about that didn’t come back yet. Those go first tomorrow.
Why it helps
- Feeling ready and being ready can be different. The surprises show you what you only think you know, which a practice score can’t.
- When people see that a confident answer didn’t hold up and then learn the right one, those confident misses tend to be the ones they correct most readily. A study the same review cites found they can slip back after about a week, so they come back in your plan more than once. (Metcalfe, 2017)
- Rating how sure you are isn’t a fix on its own; studies of it show a small effect. It helps because of what you do next. (Janssen and Lazonder, 2024)
These studies were done with students in other settings, not cosmetology students. They show why the habit is worth trying, not what your score will be.
In your Lisensa plan
This is Lisensa’s signature step. At the end of a session you see how many gaps you found, and tomorrow starts with them.
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