Make It Stick Essay

Nowadays, nearly every student smears a highlighter all around their notes, and calls it "studying," but in reality these kind of methods do not work well; this phenomenon is explained the book Make it Stick. The cognitive scientists, Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel, explain why people are attracted to ineffective strategies for learning and teaching and how the concept of learning is misunderstood by most students and teachers as well, which creates difficulties in the process of learning. The book analyzes the science behind lifelong learning, self-improvement, and different strategies to use while learning, whether it is a course, a sport or even usual day to day skills, such as tying a knot. In Make It Stick the authors use numerous examples with the aim of proving several learning strategies which are helpful in driving the reader's attention(okay?). (THESIS) The authors argue how easy learning methods are not necessarily the best methods because they can be unproductive and might result in short-term memory learning. I agree with the argument because easy learning requires less effort, which in turn, becomes less effective. For example, teachers might give lectures, show videos, and encourage students to …show more content…
( QUOTE ON TESTING EFFECT FROM BOOK) In my opinion, testing effect is doubtlessly helpful because it is a way to improve one's learning as they find their area of difficulty while being tested. To give an example here, if a student is being tested immediately after a lecture, then the chances of remembering the information is higher than if the student is cramming it before the day of the exam. Even though the testing effect might be hard for some students, in my opinion, students should test themselves because it is a better way of learning and requires more effort when retrieving the