Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

by Peter C. Brown

Learning is deeper and more durable when it’s effortful.

every time you learn something new, you change the brain—the residue of your experiences is stored. It’s

Making mistakes and correcting them builds the bridges to advanced learning.

The hours immersed in rereading can seem like due diligence, but the amount of study time is no measure of mastery.

Learning is stronger when it matters, when the abstract is made concrete and personal.

Mastery in any field, from cooking to chess to brain surgery, is a gradual accretion of knowledge, conceptual understanding, judgment, and skill.