Coaching practices for Make it Stick the Science of Learning During a Big Change
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I cram it all into one marathon session and ace it that night, then a week later it’s basically gone
- I can hold a change together when things are calm, but the moment real stress hits, this voice says "who am I kidding, I’ll never actually change," and one slip becomes proof
- I’ve got a pile of memorized facts floating around with nothing holding them together, and the second I try to explain any of it in my own words or use it somewhere new, it falls apart
- I jump straight to the worked answer to save time, and it always looks obvious in hindsight
- I read it over and over until it feels familiar, then the moment someone asks me to actually say it back I draw a total blank
Practices that may help
- Make It Stick: The Science of Learning
"Make It Stick", by Peter Brown with psychologists Henry Roediger and Mark McDaniel, distills decades of cognitive science into a few high-leverage practices: retrieval practice, spacing, interleaving, and elaboration. Its central counterintuitive claim — that the most effective learning feels harder and slower than rereading — is backed by strong experimental evidence. - Spaced practice
Spread study over time instead of cramming it into one session.
Make It Stick: The Science of Learning - Cultivate genuine belief that change is possible
Habits stick permanently only when the person believes they can change — especially under stress.
The Habit Loop, Made Practical - Elaboration
Explain new material in your own words and connect it to what you already know.
Make It Stick: The Science of Learning - Generation: attempt before you are taught
Try to solve or answer first, even if you get it wrong, before seeing the solution.
Make It Stick: The Science of Learning - Retrieval practice (testing to learn)
Quiz yourself to learn, not just to check what you already know.
Make It Stick: The Science of Learning - Space retrieval attempts across increasing intervals
Test yourself on a topic after a delay, then again after a longer delay — the effort of retrieval at the edge of forgetting makes the memory strongest.
The Testing Effect: Why Retrieval Practice Beats Restudying - Use spaced repetition of core ideas in teaching and coaching
Revisiting key concepts across sessions builds fluent understanding — mere exposure amplifies spaced practice.
The Mere Exposure Effect, Made Practical - Use belief and community to make change stick
A supportive group and a belief that change is possible help new habits survive stress.
The Power of Habit, Made Practical - Beware illusions of knowing
Don’t trust the feeling of fluency — it routinely overstates what you actually know.
Make It Stick: The Science of Learning
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