Make It Stick

Make It Stick [Kindle Edition]

Author: Peter C. Brown | Language: English | ISBN: B00JQ3FN7M | Format: PDF, EPUB

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Make It Stick
Download for free books Make It Stick from mediafire, rapishare, and mirror link Drawing on cognitive psychology and other fields, Make It Stick offers techniques for becoming more productive learners, and cautions against study habits and practice routines that turn out to be counterproductive. The book speaks to students, teachers, trainers, athletes, and all those interested in lifelong learning and self-improvement. Direct download links available for Make It Stick [Kindle Edition]

• File Size: 419 KB
• Print Length: 328 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0674729013
• Publisher: Harvard University Press (April 14, 2014)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00JQ3FN7M
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,684 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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There are those situations in your life when you think, “Dang, if only I would have known that earlier, I could have…….” That thought crossed my mind a couple times when reading Make it Stick, because I certainly could have profited handsomely from knowing how to study, how to acquire knowledge, how to learn more effectively and more efficiently. The book lays out in very readable and convincing fashion the surprising conclusions of much research into different methods of studying and teaching, and describes a number of real world success stories in classrooms, hospital teaching programs, corporate training, and elite athletic programs.
The big surprise for me is that some of the most widely used study techniques, certainly including several of my old standbys, are also the least effective. It turns out that knowing how best to learn is not necessarily intuitive, and worse, some of the seemingly most intuitive learning regimens are not really very effective at all, comparatively speaking. I wonder at how much better I could have used my time in college (more parties!) and in the 40 years of my working life during which I was constantly required to learn and teach in order to stay abreast of my field. The good news is that I think I can still make very good use of the information as a quite older student still taking college classes, and the better news is that I can pass the book on to my sons for themselves and for my granddaughter, and we can make something of a family project of learning and practicing better ways to learn. Wouldn’t it be lovely to be able to have a profound impact on my granddaughter’s ability to effectively acquire knowledge? Putting this book to work is going to be very interesting, and I think very rewarding too - not without some effort, but as you will read, therein lies the magic.

By James Knight

I have been teaching college students for 40 years. Make It Stick is based on the best research and written in a way that is both accessible and challenging. Their definition of learning as the ability to "... make sense of future problems and opportunities." (p. 2) focuses the book on the real value of education. This book should be required reading for college teachers and college students. It should be the centerpiece of faculty development programs.

By William

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