How we learn : the surprising truth about when, where, and why it happens
2014,
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, xvi, 254 pages :
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3165721
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| Publication information: |
New York : Random House, [2014] |
| ISBN: |
0812993888 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN: |
9780812993882 (hbk. : acid-free paper) : |
| Language: |
English |
| Record ID: |
3165721 |
| Full edition title: |
First edition. |
| Format: |
Regular Print Book |
| Physical description: |
xvi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Date acquired: |
September 9, 2014
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| More creator details: |
Benedict Carey. |
| Contents note: |
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. |
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