Outsmart Your Brain

Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy

Outsmart Your Brain
Daniel Willingham
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Paperback
h232 x 150mm - 336pg
2 Feb 2023 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781788167758
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In this revolutionary guide to learning, Professor Dan Willingham uses fascinating brain science to help you study more efficiently and effectively, shrug away exam stress and make learning a skill you can master and enjoy. Outsmart Your Brain offers specific strategies for reading, listening and taking tests, covering the practical aspects like optimum note taking, how to read difficult books and good exam technique, coupled with the psychological challenges of dealing with anxiety, fighting procrastination and developing good focus. Smart, enlightening and immensely practical, this is an ideal book for university students, as well as for older children and adult learners studying for the bar, medical exams or other professional qualifications. Also useful for teachers of all ages and stages, Outsmart Your Brain is a handbook for successful learning, teaching you how to battle your brain' s own mechanisms to study more efficiently, vastly improve your grades and make learning a genuinely fun experience.
Daniel T. Willingham, professor of cognitive science at the University of Virginia, is one of the most brilliant and prominent experts on learning in the world. He is well-known to New York Times readers through his opinion columns, which appear every two to three months.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781788167758
Published: 2 Feb 2023
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Souvenir Press
Publisher: Profile Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 232mm
Width: 150mm
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 420g
Pages: 336

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