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

By: Carey, Benedict [author.].
Publisher: New York : Random House, 2015Description: xvi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780812993882; 9780812993882; 9780812984293; 9781447286349.Subject(s): Learning, Psychology of | Problem solving | Learning | EducationDDC classification: 153.15
Contents:
Introduction: 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 -- Conclusion: The foraging brain -- Appendix: Eleven essential questions.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index.

Introduction: 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 -- Conclusion: The foraging brain -- Appendix: Eleven essential questions.

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