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Make It Stick

The Science of Successful Learning

Belknap Press, 2014 更多详情


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Analytical
  • Scientific

Recommendation

Professors Peter Brown, Mark McDaniel and Henry Roediger share insights from decades of learning research. Their work suggests that the majority of learners and teachers still practice outdated methods. These include the obvious: Don’t cram for exams – space out learning instead. But other techniques – such as mixing up the concepts and steps of a complex skill or knowledge set instead of mastering one element before moving on to the next – are less intuitive. Nevertheless, the authors’ research proves the nontraditional techniques are more effective than earlier approaches. The structure of the book reflects the professors’ advice, repeating ideas frequently and mixing concepts. This makes reading it harder – but it may make the ideas stick.

Take-Aways

  • You can use different strategies to learn something. But there is no learning without memory.
  • Spaced out, repeated practice is more effective than cramming.
  • “Interleaved and varied practice” counteracts forgetting.

About the Authors

Washington University in St. Louis psychology professors Henry L. Roediger and Mark A. McDaniel study the psychology of learning. Peter C. Brown lives and writes in St. Paul, Minnesota.


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