Lykke blog
Subject-by-subject guides to the courses students find hardest, from calculus and statistics to organic chemistry, with what to practice and free Lykke courses to practice it in.
Course guides
Nerves before a class presentation are normal, and they show less than you think. Here is what the research says helps, a plan from a week out to the first minute, and what to do if your mind goes blank.
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Intro CS is hard in predictable places: tracing code, finding bugs and breaking problems into steps. Here's what CS1 covers, what research says about where beginners stall, and a plan to pass.
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Intro econ exams reward one skill above the rest: drawing a graph from memory, shifting the right curve and explaining what happens. Here is what the courses cover, a routine built on that skill, and where to practice each topic.
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Intro biology exams reward students who can draw a process from memory and read a graph, not just define terms. Here's what the course covers, a weekly routine that builds both skills, and where to practice each unit free.
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Intro stats exams grade the sentence you write about a number as much as the number itself. Here is what the course covers, how to practice each topic for free, and the p-value mistakes that cost points.
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Organic Chemistry I rewards pushing electrons over memorizing reactions. What the course covers, the gen chem to review, a mechanism drill, a weekly routine, and what the ACS final looks like.
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Calculus 1 rewards a specific kind of practice. Here is what the course covers, why it trips people up, a unit-by-unit plan with a free place to practice every topic, and how to catch up if you're behind.
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