Creating Long-Term Learning

The best-learning methods for long-term learning have been established from as early as 1929, but research shows that only a small percentage of people know what they are. Employing these methods is imperative, but doing so may slow early-stage learning. Therefore, the best long-term learning methods must be taught and used purposefully. This chapter explains desirable difficulties as a broad category of methods that aim to increase the level of challenge as we learn. Learn about variable practice, the testing effect, contextual interference, interleaving, overlearning, and independent learning. All of these strengthen recall. Learn an effective way to integrate two kinds of memory with content-addressable-memory-locations. Finally, discover the benefits of transfer skills and how they indicate the presence of long-term learning.