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more than once but leaving considerable time between practice

It’s not just what you know, but how you practice what you know that determines how well the learning serves you later.

It is a confounding paradox, then, that the changeable nature of our memory not only can skew our perceptions but also is essential to our ability to learn.

Mastery requires both the possession of ready knowledge and the conceptual understanding of how to use it.

“Retrieval practice” means self-quizzing.

Effortful retrieval makes for stronger learning and retention.

It’s not the knowledge itself that has been forgotten, but the cues that enable you to find and retrieve it.

elements that shape your intellectual abilities lie to a surprising extent within your own control.

Dweck came to see that some students aim at performance goals, while others strive toward learning goals.