Make It Stick : The Science of Successful Learning (CD-Audio)

from JennysBookBag.com

If you love learning about learning, you'll want to read this.

from CJ12

This CD book is great for anyone who is looking to improve their learning methods. It provides theories and project examples to illustrate effectiveness and efficacy of those theories. This CD book also helps to dispels the myths of current studying habits and encourage students, parents, and tea...

from rivkat

We're often tempted to cram, but that's an ineffective strategy for true learning, which requires interrupted/varied practice and things like quick quizzes or flashcards-effortful retrieval and the process of putting concepts into our own words enhance learning, even if they feel less helpful tha...

from Pferdina

Fantastic book. Covers the research literature of how people learn best and explains how you can use this information to learn better or to teach better. Easy to read and digest, only eight chapters. Final chapter includes real-life case studies and tips for implementation.

from dooney

The author's thesis is that many of the things that we assume about studying and learning are in fact wrong. He then explains what we have learned about how the brain works and discusses what techniques work and why. He also explains why study techniques like repeatedly rereading and underlining,...