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Desirable difficulties

Robert Bjork's idea: methods that make learning slower and harder now, but help you remember longer and use what you learned better.

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, David Epstein

Explained in

• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, David Epstein
• Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning, Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel

  A term coined by the psychologist Robert Bjork: manageable efforts that slow learning down now but can help knowledge last longer.

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