Announcing Our New “Ace That Test” Book!! And Other Books We Enjoy (Digest #169)
We have a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Our newest book, Ace That Test: A Student’s Guide To Better Learning is coming out this summer—July 19 to be exact. You can preorder through Amazon now! Starting June 28, you can preorder through the Routledge link on our website.
You can read Chapter 1 for free here!
We are SUPER excited about this one! It’s a brief book written for students—young adult and adult learners—with many tips and tricks, concrete examples, embedded questions to practice retrieval, and full-color illustrations designed to represent diverse groups of learners. We used Ace That Test in the title because it’s catchy, easy to remember, and fits with our social profiles. But, like all of our work, this book is about so much more than just grades and scores. It is a guide to help students learn so that they can remember and apply in the long run.
The book is organized into three parts:
In the first part, we briefly cover why using evidence-based learning strategies is important and what type of evidence is best.
The second part of the book is all about getting ready to learn. We cover the difference between homework and studying, how to prepare your body and environment for learning, how to know what you know and don’t know, and planning out your learning.
The third part of the book is all about study strategies that work, such as bringing to mind what you can remember (retrieval), jumbling it all up (interleaving), note-taking strategies, and avoiding strategies that don’t work. In our concluding chapter, we talk about the importance of believing in yourself (self-efficacy).
Since we have books on our minds, this week’s digest is a compilation of the books authored by our team that are already out, and other books we like related to teaching and learning.
Books by the Learning Scientists:
You can learn about all books authored by the Learning Scientists, plus a discount code, here.
Free e-book with a Learning Scientists Chapter:
In their own words: What scholars and teachers want you to know about why and how to apply the science of learning in your academic setting
This free e-book is separated into four parts:
Past, Present, and Future of Applying the Science of Learning in Education
Science of Learning: Principles and Approaches
Preparing Faculty, Educational Developers, Student Success Professionals, and others to Apply the Science of Learning
Preparing Students to Apply the Science of Learning
Other Books We Enjoy:
10 Things Schools Get Wrong by Jared Cooney Horvath and David Bott
Make it Stick by Peter Brown, Henry Roediger, and Mark McDaniel
Neuro Teach by Glenn Whitman and Ian Kelleher
Powerful Teaching by Pooja Agarwal and Patrice Bain
Small Teaching by James Lang
The Goldilocks Map by Andrew Watson
Why Don’t Students Like School? by Daniel Willingham
From time to time, we pick a theme and provide a curated list of links. If you have a theme suggestion, please don’t hesitate to contact us! Occasionally we publish a guest digest, and If you'd like to propose a guest digest click here. Our 5 most recent digests can be found here:
Digest #164: Sustainability and Climate Change in Education
Digest #165: Inclusive Teaching
Digest #166: Perfectionism in Education
Digest #167: Should we give up on growth mindset?
Digest #168: Introduction to ChatGPT
