Make It Stick
Rereading the chapter right after you’ve first read it can provide a deceptive familiarity. The words become more familiar, but you’re not truly grappling with the material—the so-called fluency fallacy.
Barbara Oakley PhD • Learn Like a Pro: Science-Based Tools to Become Better at Anything
When you’ve got an idea well linked, it’s easy to practice, and it feels good. But this can turn into “lazy learning.” Lazy learning doesn’t encourage new daytime “bumps” on your dendrites that can turn into solid new neural connections while you sleep. When you can read comic books while you’re practicing, it’s time to move on. The best way to spe
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One of those desirable difficulties is known as the “generation effect.” Struggling to generate an answer on your own, even a wrong one, enhances subsequent learning.
David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
This reemphasizes the fact that when you learn something new, you want to revisit it soon—before the dendritic spines and synaptic links begin fading. If the dendritic spines and synaptic links fade away, you have to start all over in the learning process. Build on what you’ve already learned. Look over your notes. Explain them to a friend. Make fl
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