Make It Stick
The Science of Successful Learning
About the book
Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III and Mark A. McDaniel challenge the popular belief that good teaching should match learning styles and make study easier. Drawing on cognitive psychology and related fields, they explain how memory is encoded, consolidated and retrieved, and why that matters for applying knowledge to new problems. Rereading, highlighting, cramming and repeating a single skill produce a feeling of mastery that soon fades. More durable results come from testing oneself, building some difficulty into practice, waiting for a little forgetting before reviewing, and mixing the practice of different topics or skills. The authors write chiefly for students, teachers, trainers and athletes.
Barbara Oakley, creator of the Learning to Learn course, calls it one of the best books about learning and notes that it was written by some of the most influential researchers in the field.
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Barbara Oakley (Author, Creator/Learning to Learn course)
If you’re trying to keep up your reading about learning, one of the best books about learning is Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter Brown, Henry Roediger III, and Mark McDaniel. This insightful book was co-authored by some of the most influential researchers around. The book jacket says it best: “Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. Underlining and highlighting, rereading, cramming, and single-minded repetition of new skills create the illusion of mastery, but gains fade quickly. More complex and durable learning come from self-testing, introducing certain difficulties in practice, waiting to re-study new material until a little forgetting has set in, and interleaving the practice of one skill or topic with another. Speaking most urgently to students, teachers, trainers, and athletes, Make It Stick will appeal to all those interested in the challenge of lifelong learning and self-improvement.
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