The Science of Learning
What is actually known about acquiring and retaining knowledge.
11 topics · 2 curated works
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No prior grounding assumed.
- BookMake It StickBrown, Roediger & McDaniel, 2014
Retrieval, spacing and interleaving beat rereading and highlighting, which feel effective precisely because they are easy.
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Primary sources and full treatments.
- PaperDistributed Practice in Verbal Recall TasksCepeda, Pashler, Vul, Wixted & Rohrer, 2006· 27 pages
A meta-analysis of 254 studies quantifying how retention improves as practice is spaced further apart.
Also covered elsewhere
This subject genuinely sits in more than one domain. These fields approach the same ground with different methods.