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Super Summary Study Guide: Make It Stick
Mark A. McDaniel, Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III
4.04 AVERAGE
463 reviews for:
Super Summary Study Guide: Make It Stick
Mark A. McDaniel, Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III
4.04 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
informative
slow-paced
informative
medium-paced
A very useful book for students (which, sadly, is not what I am anymore)
Essential points include:
1. Reading creates illusory understanding and not mastery
2. Retrieval is key to long-term knowledge. The further apart and more effortful the retrieval, the better the information is engrained
3. Mixed practice is better than mass practice although it might create more confusion during the learning process
4. Testing helps to calibrate your understanding, letting you know which materials you comprehend and which you do not
5. Reflection helps to synthesize everything you have learnt
6. Your intelligence is not stagnant and can be improved through training and practice
7. Strategies to learning: 1) Adopt a growth mindset, 2) Practice like experts do, 3) constructing memory cues
Below are some notes i written down:
“Facts about learning:
1. You need memory skill to learn
2. Learning is a continuous process where you repeatedly use what you’ve learned earlier to advance further. If you’re good at learning, you have an advantage in life.
3. Learning is an acquired skill.”
“Repetitive exposure to a material does not build long lasting memory. This is a false preconceived notion.”
“Multiple re-reading in succession does not provide any benefit to memory. Spaced re-reading (2 re-reading separated by some amount of time) actually provides some benefits.”
“Retrieval & testing interrupts forgetting. The stronger the retrieval of materials, the more beneficial it is to memory.”
“An effective way to learn is self-quizzing to check what the learner knows or does not know”
“Reflection involves a few cognitive activities that lead to stronger learning - 1) retrieving the knowledge
2) applying to practical uses
3) visualizing & mental rehearsing how you will solve the problem or alter your previous solution”
“Instead of mass practice, try switching up the practices & materials. Although it will make learning more sluggish and confusing, it shows longer lasting effects”
“Retrieval practice that proves to be most effective is when it reflects what you will be doing with that knowledge later”
“1. Learning strategies that makes gains slower and learning process more arduous like spacing, inter-leaving & mixing show better results in the long term
2. Our judgment of what learning strategy works best for us is often mistaken due to illusions of mastery”
“Failure is a part of learning and a source of inspiration ”
“Memory conformity, also known as social contagion of memory, is the phenomenon where memories or information reported by others influences an individual and is incorporated into the individual's memory”
“The false consensus effect, also known as consensus bias, is a pervasive cognitive bias that causes people to "see their own behavioral choices and judgments as relatively common and appropriate to existing circumstances". In other words, they assume that their personal qualities, characteristics, beliefs, and actions are relatively widespread through the general population.”
“Apprentice model: pairing a novice with an experienced person to aid learning ”
“When instruction style matches the content of the material being covered (eg. Visual for geography & geometry, audio for poetry), learners learn better despite their most preferred learning style”
“Some interesting points:
- There are different kinds of intelligence, which scientists divided into 6/9/12 (lol no consensus, but basically visual, linguistic, natural, musical, etc) or 3 (practical, analytical and creative intelligence)”
“Pneumatic device is powerful - play with rhymes to create mental model”
“6 levels of learning:
1. Gaining knowledge
2. Developing comprehension of underlying text and ideas
3. Being able to apply knowledge to solve problems
4. Being able to analyze ideas and relationships to draw inferences
5. Being able to synthesize ideas in new ways
6. Being able to use knowledge to evaluate and form judgements based on facts and evidence”
“To learn about a client:
F - family
O - occupation
R - recreation
E - enjoyment”
Essential points include:
1. Reading creates illusory understanding and not mastery
2. Retrieval is key to long-term knowledge. The further apart and more effortful the retrieval, the better the information is engrained
3. Mixed practice is better than mass practice although it might create more confusion during the learning process
4. Testing helps to calibrate your understanding, letting you know which materials you comprehend and which you do not
5. Reflection helps to synthesize everything you have learnt
6. Your intelligence is not stagnant and can be improved through training and practice
7. Strategies to learning: 1) Adopt a growth mindset, 2) Practice like experts do, 3) constructing memory cues
Below are some notes i written down:
“Facts about learning:
1. You need memory skill to learn
2. Learning is a continuous process where you repeatedly use what you’ve learned earlier to advance further. If you’re good at learning, you have an advantage in life.
3. Learning is an acquired skill.”
“Repetitive exposure to a material does not build long lasting memory. This is a false preconceived notion.”
“Multiple re-reading in succession does not provide any benefit to memory. Spaced re-reading (2 re-reading separated by some amount of time) actually provides some benefits.”
“Retrieval & testing interrupts forgetting. The stronger the retrieval of materials, the more beneficial it is to memory.”
“An effective way to learn is self-quizzing to check what the learner knows or does not know”
“Reflection involves a few cognitive activities that lead to stronger learning - 1) retrieving the knowledge
2) applying to practical uses
3) visualizing & mental rehearsing how you will solve the problem or alter your previous solution”
“Instead of mass practice, try switching up the practices & materials. Although it will make learning more sluggish and confusing, it shows longer lasting effects”
“Retrieval practice that proves to be most effective is when it reflects what you will be doing with that knowledge later”
“1. Learning strategies that makes gains slower and learning process more arduous like spacing, inter-leaving & mixing show better results in the long term
2. Our judgment of what learning strategy works best for us is often mistaken due to illusions of mastery”
“Failure is a part of learning and a source of inspiration ”
“Memory conformity, also known as social contagion of memory, is the phenomenon where memories or information reported by others influences an individual and is incorporated into the individual's memory”
“The false consensus effect, also known as consensus bias, is a pervasive cognitive bias that causes people to "see their own behavioral choices and judgments as relatively common and appropriate to existing circumstances". In other words, they assume that their personal qualities, characteristics, beliefs, and actions are relatively widespread through the general population.”
“Apprentice model: pairing a novice with an experienced person to aid learning ”
“When instruction style matches the content of the material being covered (eg. Visual for geography & geometry, audio for poetry), learners learn better despite their most preferred learning style”
“Some interesting points:
- There are different kinds of intelligence, which scientists divided into 6/9/12 (lol no consensus, but basically visual, linguistic, natural, musical, etc) or 3 (practical, analytical and creative intelligence)”
“Pneumatic device is powerful - play with rhymes to create mental model”
“6 levels of learning:
1. Gaining knowledge
2. Developing comprehension of underlying text and ideas
3. Being able to apply knowledge to solve problems
4. Being able to analyze ideas and relationships to draw inferences
5. Being able to synthesize ideas in new ways
6. Being able to use knowledge to evaluate and form judgements based on facts and evidence”
“To learn about a client:
F - family
O - occupation
R - recreation
E - enjoyment”
medium-paced
As someone new to the science of learning, I found this to be a great resource in dispelling many education myths (such as learning styles or rereading material) and offering practical advice (memory retrieval exercises, spaced and interleaved practice, etc.) for learners and instructors alike. The authors do well at backing up their conclusions with scientific studies. I noticed the authors even utilized the interleaving concept in their book as chapters repeatedly circled around to previous ideas.
Some of the stories ramble on a bit, but this was the only real negative I noticed.
I'll be leaning on the concepts in this book as I try to find my place in the field of education. Recommended for students and teachers.
Some of the stories ramble on a bit, but this was the only real negative I noticed.
I'll be leaning on the concepts in this book as I try to find my place in the field of education. Recommended for students and teachers.
informative
slow-paced
informative
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This book should be on the list for everyone who wants to learn better. I decided to read it after I saw it cited several times in Why We Remember. The book goes into the theory of why the techniques work before delving into practical applications at the end of the book. The only critique I have is the number of corporate examples at the very end. I felt like it could have been pared down a little bit, but does not detract from the overall narrative.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
For the love of god, where was this during my college years!?