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Loading... Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (original 2014; edition 2014)by Peter C. Brown (Author), Henry L. Roediger Iii (Author), Mark A. McDaniel (Author)
Work InformationMake It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown (2014)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Whoa! I would have rated this book 10/5. This is a book that I will read, reflect upon, reread, and write an extensive notes about. Highly recommend this book to anyone who is obsessed with mastery. ( ) A very profound book. Even though it's not as recent anymore, it goes into many concepts beneficial to learning that correlate with what I know of Cognitive Psychology. It does this without going into too much empirical proof, making it an excellent read for students and people who are just getting started to improve their learning efficiency. Some of the concepts it goes into: - Importance of self-testing - Importance of reflection - Spacing of practice - Interleaving & Varied practice - Elaboration as a manner of quality encoding no reviews | add a review
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To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners. Memory plays a central role in our ability to carry out complex cognitive tasks, such as applying knowledge to problems never before encountered and drawing inferences from facts already known. New insights into how memory is encoded, consolidated, and later retrieved have led to a better understanding of how we learn. Grappling with the impediments that make learning challenging leads both to more complex mastery and better retention of what was learned. 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. No library descriptions found. |
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