Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

by Peter C. Brown

There are some immutable aspects of learning that we can probably all agree on: First, to be useful, learning requires memory, so what we’ve learned is still there later when we need it. Second, we need to keep learning and remembering all our lives.

Third, learning is an acquired skill, and the most effective strategies are often counterintuitive.

In virtually all areas of learning, you build better mastery when you use testing as a tool to identify and bring up your areas of weakness.