How to Study/How to Learn
Screencasts
Books
- How to Study: Part 1 - discusses practice testing
- How to Study: Part 2 - discusses distributed practice and interleaved practice
- How to Study: Part 3 - discusses additional approaches to studying to improve retention, and what approaches to avoid
- How to Study using Screencasts
- A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) by Barbara Oakley (based on literature on how to learn), Penguin Press (2014)
- College Smart: How to Succeed in College Using the Science of Learning by Nicholas C. Soderstrom with Sam McMillian, Lasting Learning Press (2016)
- How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When and Where and Why it Happens by Benedict Carey, Random House (2015)
- How to Become a Straight A-Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less by Cal Newport (based on surveys of straight-A students by a student), Broadway Books (2007)
- Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel, Belknap Press (2014)
- Unlimited Memory: How to use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive by Kevin Horsley (explains techniques to improve memory), TCK Publishing (2016)
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen, Penguin Press (2003)
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport, Grand Central Publishing (2016)
- Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It by Gabriel Wyner, Harmony Books (2014)
- 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less) by Thomas Frank (2015)
- Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina, Pear Press (2014)
- Coursera: Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects
- Learning to Learn Series at University of Arizona
- Learning Corner at Oregon State University
- College Info Geek (by Thomas Frank)
- HowToStudy.org - resources on time management, test anxiety, textbook reading, organization, how to study engineering, test-taking tips
- Anki - free program that makes it easier to remember things using flash cards and spaced repetition
- Quizlet - free site with flash cards and more
