Make It Stick
- ISBN-10
- 0674729013
- ISBN-13
- 9780674729018
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 313
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-04-14
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Authors
- Peter C. Brown, Mark A. McDaniel, Henry L. Roediger III
Description
Discusses the best methods of learning, describing how rereading and rote repetition are counterproductive and how such techniques as self-testing, spaced retrieval, and finding additional layers of information in new material can enhance learning.
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