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Summary: Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel | Book Summary Includes Analysis
BOOK SUMMARY - Make It The Science of Successful Learning
by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel
This is a book summary by FlashBooks Make It The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel
ORIGINAL BOOK 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.
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336 pages
Belknap Press (April 14, 2014)
English
0674729013
978-0674729018
Product 1 x 5.8 x 8.5 inches
Shipping 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (273 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers #5,052 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#2 in Books > Education & Teaching > Studying & Workbooks > Study Skills
#2 in Books > Education & Teaching > Schools & Teaching > Education Theory > Educational Psychology
#12 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > Cognitive
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Audible Audio Edition
Listening 8 hours and 34 minutes
Program Audiobook
Unabridged
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Audible Release July 23, 2014
Whispersync for Ready
English
B00M1Z2THY
Amazon Best Sellers
#2 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Nonfiction > Education
Review
If you want to read a lively and engaging book on the science of learning, this is a must… Make It Stick benefits greatly from its use of stories about people who have achieved mastery of complex knowledge and skills. Over the course of the book, the authors weave together stories from an array of learners―surgeons, pilots, gardeners, and school and university students―to illustrate their arguments about how successful learning takes place… This is a rich and resonant book and a pleasurable read that will leave you pondering the processes through which you, and your students, acquire new knowledge and skills. (Hazel Christie Times Higher Education 2014-04-03)
Many educators are interested in making use of recent findings about the human brain and how we learn… Make It Stick [is] the single best work I have encountered on the subject. Anyone with an interest in teaching or learning will benefit from reading this book, which not only presents thoroughly grounded research but does so in an eminently readable way that is accessible even to students. (James M. Lang Chronicle of Higher Education
by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel
This is a book summary by FlashBooks Make It The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel
ORIGINAL BOOK 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.
Product Details
336 pages
Belknap Press (April 14, 2014)
English
0674729013
978-0674729018
Product 1 x 5.8 x 8.5 inches
Shipping 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (273 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers #5,052 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#2 in Books > Education & Teaching > Studying & Workbooks > Study Skills
#2 in Books > Education & Teaching > Schools & Teaching > Education Theory > Educational Psychology
#12 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > Cognitive
Product Details
Audible Audio Edition
Listening 8 hours and 34 minutes
Program Audiobook
Unabridged
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Audible Release July 23, 2014
Whispersync for Ready
English
B00M1Z2THY
Amazon Best Sellers
#2 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Nonfiction > Education
Review
If you want to read a lively and engaging book on the science of learning, this is a must… Make It Stick benefits greatly from its use of stories about people who have achieved mastery of complex knowledge and skills. Over the course of the book, the authors weave together stories from an array of learners―surgeons, pilots, gardeners, and school and university students―to illustrate their arguments about how successful learning takes place… This is a rich and resonant book and a pleasurable read that will leave you pondering the processes through which you, and your students, acquire new knowledge and skills. (Hazel Christie Times Higher Education 2014-04-03)
Many educators are interested in making use of recent findings about the human brain and how we learn… Make It Stick [is] the single best work I have encountered on the subject. Anyone with an interest in teaching or learning will benefit from reading this book, which not only presents thoroughly grounded research but does so in an eminently readable way that is accessible even to students. (James M. Lang Chronicle of Higher Education
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