How We Learn: The Surprising Truth about When, Where, and Why It Happens, (Paperback)

from LisCarey

In this book, Benedict Carey (no relation, as far as I know) takes a look at our surprisingly haphazard and incomplete understanding of how we learn.We think we know how to learn. Be organized, be disciplined, focus, concentrate, keep plugging away. Do your reading and studying for academic subje...

from Adeno

It offers offers very good insights into the nature of how we learn, remember and recall things. It is organized into the limited biology that is known, how we learn, improving recall, and how to approach so that we remember longer. Overall the book was very illuminating and put on paper some of ...

from ehousewright

Wouldn't it make sense as you head back to school this fall to take an hour or two to read a book that shows what you might do to improve your chance of success? Especially if it requires only minor tweaks of study time, location and/or method? This book really does give you several research-back...

from lbeaumont

As soon as we shift focus from teaching to learning, understanding how our brains acquire information becomes paramount. The easy going, storytelling style of this book belies its depth and importance; this is a book about how brain cells form, hold onto, and retrieve new information. How we do l...

from Sovranty

The culture of learning has attempted to ingrain a single, perfect way to learn. And if you haven't learned it's more than likely because you haven't adhered to "the way" correctly. Knowing why something happens is the first step towards controlling it. The research in this book shows the way our...