How we learn : the surprising truth about when, where, and why it happens / Benedict Carey.

By:

Carey, Benedict [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Random House, [2014]Edition: First editionDescription: xvi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780812993882 (hardcover : acidfree paper) :
0812993888 (hardcover. : acid-free paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

153.1/5 23

LOC classification:

BF318 .C366 2014

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-244) and index.

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