Editing Desirable Difficulties (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> ==
* '''Desirable Difficulty''' — A learning task that requires a considerable amount of effort, thereby improving long-term performance even though it may slow down learning in the short term.
* '''Robert Bjork''' — The UCLA psychologist who pioneered this concept.
* '''The Four Main Desirable Difficulties''':
# '''Spaced Repetition''' — Spacing out study over time.
# '''Retrieval Practice''' — Testing yourself rather than re-reading.
# '''Interleaving''' — Mixing different topics together.
# '''Varied Practice''' — Changing the "Environment" or "Conditions" of your study.
* '''Performance vs. Learning''':
** '''Performance''' — How well you do "Right now" (during study).
** '''Learning''' — How well you remember "Forever" (after the study).
* '''Fluency''' — The "Feeling" that learning is "Easy" (which is usually a "Trap").
* '''Storage Strength''' — How "Deeply" an idea is "Buried" in your permanent memory (it never goes away).
* '''Retrieval Strength''' — How "Easy" it is to "Pull out" an idea right now (it changes every day).
* '''Generation Effect''' — The boost you get when you "Create" the answer yourself rather than seeing it.
* '''Encoding''' — The process of "Wiring" information into the brain; desirable difficulties make this process "Deeper."
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