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Make it Stick by Peter Brown Application
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3 Sentence Summary
- The authors want to disprove the modern ineffective studying habits by presenting more valid and effective practices
- Uses actual examples of people using them and scientific backing as to why they are better
- Gives
Important Ideas
- Retrieval Practice
- Active Recall
- The benefit of struggling
- Interleaving
- Elaboration
- Generation
- Reflection
- Calibration
- Teaching Practices
- Studying Practices
Personal Revelations
- One thing I need to get better at is spaced repetition, as I tend to do block practice for my math questions and studying
Future Plans
- Get familiar with anki to practice spaced reptition and active recall
- Make flashcards for topics during the day of, and at MINIMUM practice them the following day, next week, and month
- Begin interleaving my math questions
- When I start rolling through questions, I can save them for future practice
- Possibly practice quizzing after each chapter on the books I read, writing down my summaries and ideas
- Acknowledge when I start steamrolling through certain assignments so I can work on something more challenging
- Start thinking about a tutoring plan for a side hustle