How we learn : the surprising truth about when, where, and why it happens /
From an early age, we are told that restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. Learning is all self-discipline, so we must confine ourselves to designated study areas, turn off the music, and maintain a strict ritual. But what if almost everything we were told about learnin...
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New York :
Random House,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Broaden the margins
- Basic theory. The story maker : the biology of memory ; The power of forgetting : a new theory of learning
- Retention. Breaking good habits : the effect of context on learning ; Spacing out : the advantage of breaking up study time ; The hidden value of ignorance : the many dimensions of testing
- Problem solving. The upside of distraction : the role of incubation in problem solving ; Quitting before you're ahead : the accumulating gifts of percolation ; Being mixed up : interleaving as an aid to comprehension
- Tapping the subconscious. Learning without thinking : harnessing perceptual discrimination ; You snooze, you win : the consolidating role of sleep
- The foraging brain
- Appendix. Eleven essential questions.