Example boards
A board is one topic on one page: the notes, a table and a picture, highlighted the way a student marks their own. These were made in MySummaries, one per field, and anyone can read them without an account.
- The chain-ladder methodActuarial science: The chain-ladder method on one page: a paid triangle taken to ultimates and reserves, the formulas, which average to use, paid or incurred, and the traps.
- Stalls and load factorAviation: Stalls and load factor on one page: the critical angle, stall speed in a turn, bank angle against load factor, manoeuvring speed, spin or spiral dive, and recovery.
- Beams: shear, bending and deflectionEngineering: Beams on one page: drawing shear force and bending moment diagrams, the six standard cases, bending and shear stress, deflection, and a worked 6 m span.
- The classical ordersArchitecture: The five classical orders on one page: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite compared, how to tell them apart, proportion, and the treatises.
- Cost-volume-profit and break-evenAccounting: Cost-volume-profit analysis on one page: contribution margin, the break-even point, target profit, margin of safety, operating leverage and the sales mix.
- Models of memoryPsychology: Models of memory on one page: the multi-store model, working memory, the key studies, types of long-term memory, forgetting, and the exam traps.
Make your own board. Build a board of your own from your notes, and MySummaries writes the flashcards, practice papers and audio lectures from it. Free plan: 20 cards, a paper, a lecture and a viva to try.
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