Foundational Concepts Review
📋 What it is
Reviewing the basics — questions, sources, credibility, notes — locks them in before tackling harder work.
🗣️ Coach says
Before you go advanced, make the basics automatic. Quick-fire yourself on the core moves: a good question, the right source, a credibility check, honest notes. Solid foundations make hard research feel easy.
🧠 Memory hook
Lock the basics first. Automatic foundations make hard work easy.
😂 Giggle
Why was the Wikipedia article feeling insecure?
Because anyone could change its identity!
😲 Whoa!
Experts aren’t people who skip the basics — they’ve practised the basics so much they run them without thinking.
✅ Quick check: Why is reviewing the FOUNDATIONS worth doing before advanced research?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
When the basic moves (question, source, credibility, notes) are automatic, you free up thinking for the harder synthesis work.
Fluent basics are what make advanced work possible.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Quiz yourself: name the 4 core research moves without looking.