New essay distilling one strand of some ongoing work
I argue that books lack a functioning model of how people learn—instead, they're (accidentally, invisibly) built around a model that's plainly false. Plus some early models for what to do about it.https://andymatuschak.org/books/
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One option -- at the end of a chapter (or section) prompt the user to write out in their own words the key questions, arguments, and terms the author introduced. Problem you described is that recognition is easier than recall. Re-reading/highlighting gives illusion of fluency
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I've long wished Audible had this feature, prompt me to take a few voice notes at some interval I set. Use something like http://Otter.ai for transcription so I can review my own takeaways easier
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