Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning Audiobook (Free)

To most folks, learning something ‘the hard way’ implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, ought to be artistically tailored to the various learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning much easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their mind. Many common study habits and practice routines grow to be counterproductive. Underlining and highlighting, rereading, cramming, and single-minded repetition of brand-new skills create the illusion of mastery, but benefits fade quickly. More technical and learning come from self-testing, introducing certain difficulties used, waiting to re-study fresh material until a little forgetting provides occur, and interleaving the practice of 1 skill or subject with another. Speaking most urgently to students, teachers, trainers, and atheletes, Make It Stick will appeal to all or any those thinking about the challenge of lifelong learning and self-improvement.