Make It Stick

The Science of Successful Learning

By: Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel

Narrated by: Qarie Marshall

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. 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 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.

©2014 Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel (P)2014 Dreamscape Media, LLC

extremely useful tips and proofs

This book contains a lot of useful tips which help with retention. I needed this as I'm preparing for another semester in Computer Science. I tend to be a very forgetful person, but only with some things. I couldn't figure out why I wasn't retaining the things I read. This has been a problem for me for years that I just accepted. I did not think that reading one book could really change that, but now I'm starting to believe it can. I have just started to quiz myself, interleave practice, use generative techniques, avoid the assumption of knowing, etc. This will save me time studying and learning new things. If I can learn correctly one time, it will save me from repeating the same bad steps over and over.

NEWS You Can USE

I've been teaching for 20 yrs, yet I was amazed, intrigued, & encouraged by what I learned in this book.
1st: The reader's voice is entirely acceptable: clear, consistent, & non-irritating. That's important to me.
2nd: Everything presented in this book is backed by research. Examples illustrate successful application in a tremendous variety of real-life situations.
3rd: This is a book about learning. What a wonderful surprise to find it engaging, thought-provoking, & enlightening.
• Who needs this book? Learners of all ages in all walks of life. Anyone about to begin a rigorous course of study. Retirees who want to continue learning. Everyone who strives to improve what they do, whether in business, sports, science, production, sales, health care, or education.
This is a book I talked about, got excited about, & began using right away. Get it!

Great and meaningful lessons

This book is a must have for anyone looking to educate others and/or learn throughout their life.

Straight forward, scientifically based, and easy to understand and relate to information presented in a clear and concise manner. Can't go wrong.

Great Learning About Learning

This book has revolutionized the way I train and the way I study for the better exponentially.

my favorite book ever

it's the best book and most enlightening thing I've ever read. you should read it too. every teacher and student needs this

good techniques

I learned techniques and the reason they're effective. I was able to use them and passed tests well. I'm still learning to apply some of the more complex methods.

Worthy Listen

Excellent information and examples. Narrator is well-spoke and clearly understood. A worthy listen to those who wish to improve their studying skills.

love it, easy to apply

I like the way they communicate their ideas repeatedly and intertwined so that you can grasp them and apply them easily and remember them

interesting but wished it was more up front

the book does a good job structuring it's chapters and explaining how memory works and how to apply that to learning, the only thing I really had a problem with was that it didn't say at the start what the best common methods where, naturally you can skip to the end to get that information but it kind of ruins the flow if you do that

Good Book

Good book for all kinds of learners. Retrieve (spaced retrieval),Test (to know your weakness) , Interleave(mix up your practice)will make learning more lasting