American author who co-wrote Make It Stick — the definitive popular synthesis of cognitive science research on effective learning — translating decades of memory and retrieval research into practical study techniques.
Synthesized cognitive science research on learning into the most accessible popular treatment of evidence-based study techniques — demonstrating that the methods students find most comfortable (re-reading, massed practice) are least effective, while uncomfortable methods (retrieval practice, spaced repetition, interleaving) are most durable.
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