Make It Stick: The Science Of Successful Learning [Hardcover]

If you want to read a lively and engaging book on the science of learning, this is a must&Make It Stickbenefits greatly from its use of stories about people who have achieved mastery of complex knowledge and skills. Over the course of the book, the authors weave together stories from an array of learnerssurgeons, pilots, gardeners, and school and university studentsto illustrate their arguments about how successful learning takes place& This is a rich and resonant book and a pleasurable read that will leave you pondering the processes through which you, and your students, acquire new knowledge and skills.
-- Hazel Christie Times Higher Education

Many educators are interested in making use of recent findings about the human brain and how we learn&Make It Stick[is] the single best work I have encountered on the subject. Anyone with an interest in teaching or learning will benefit from reading this book, which not only presents thoroughly grounded research but does so in an eminently readable way that is accessible even to students.
-- James M. Lang Chronicle of Higher Education

We have madeMake It Sticka touchstone for our instructors&to gain a real advantage for our learners as they tackle some of the toughest work in the world.
-- Carl Czech, former Senior Instructional Systems Specialist/Advisor, US Navy SEALs

It is surprising to me [that] we have such highly educated people coming to medical school who havent thought that deeply about learning. I feel like we are teaching the gospel ofMake it Stickduring our first weeks with the studentlSq