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A mind for numbers : how to excel at math and science (even if you flunked algebra) / Barbara Oakley, Ph.D.
This book looks at effectively learning math and science, based on insights from neuroscience and cognitive psychology. Math requires creative as well as analytical thinking. There are often a number of ways to solve a problem.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780399165245 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 039916524X (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xx, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, [2014]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Open the door -- Easy does it : why trying too hard can sometimes be part of the problem -- Learning is creating : lessons from Thomas Edison's frying pan -- Chunking and avoiding illusions of competence : the keys to becoming an "equation whisperer" -- Preventing procrastination: enlisting your habits ("zombies") as helpers -- Zombies everywhere : digging deeper to understand the habit of procrastination -- Chunking versus choking : how to increase your expertise and reduce anxiety -- Tools, tips, and tricks -- Procrastination zombie wrap-up -- Enhancing your memory -- More memory tips -- Learning to appreciate your talent -- Sculpting your brain -- Developing the mind's eye through equation poems -- Renaissance learning -- Avoiding overconfidence : the power of teamwork -- Test taking -- Unlock your potential. |
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| Subject: | Math anxiety. Mathematics > Study and teaching > Psychological aspects. Educational psychology. |
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| Decoda Literacy Library | 501.9 O24 2014 (Text) | 35410000026013 | General Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Alexander College Burnaby | QA 11.2 .O23 20 (Text) | BBAC010109 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
An engineering professor who started out doing poorly in mathematical and technical subjects in school offers tools, tips and techniques to learning the creative and analytical thought processes that will lead to achievement in math and science. Original. - Baker & Taylor
Offers tools, tips, and techniques to learning the creative and analytical thought processes that will lead to achievement in math and science. - Penguin Putnam
The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"
Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science courses, before enlisting in the army immediately after graduation. When she saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy severely limited her optionsâboth to rise in the military and to explore other careersâshe returned to school with a newfound determination to re-tool her brain to master the very subjects that had given her so much trouble throughout her entire life.
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In A Mind for Numbers, Dr. Oakley lets us in on the secrets to learning effectivelyâsecrets that even dedicated and successful students wish theyâd known earlier. Contrary to popular belief, math requires creative, as well as analytical, thinking. Most people think that thereâs only one way to do a problem, when in actuality, there are often a number of different solutionsâyou just need the creativity to see them. For example, there are more than three hundred different known proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem. In short, studying a problem in a laser-focused way until you reach a solution is not an effective way to learn. Rather, it involves taking the time to step away from a problem and allow the more relaxed and creative part of the brain to take over. The learning strategies in this book apply not only to math and science, but to any subject in which we struggle. We all have what it takes to excel in areas that don't seem to come naturally to us at first, and learning them does not have to be as painful as we might think. - Random House, Inc.
The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"
Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science courses, before enlisting in the army immediately after graduation. When she saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy severely limited her optionsâboth to rise in the military and to explore other careersâshe returned to school with a newfound determination to re-tool her brain to master the very subjects that had given her so much trouble throughout her entire life.
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In A Mind for Numbers, Dr. Oakley lets us in on the secrets to learning effectivelyâsecrets that even dedicated and successful students wish theyâd known earlier. Contrary to popular belief, math requires creative, as well as analytical, thinking. Most people think that thereâs only one way to do a problem, when in actuality, there are often a number of different solutionsâyou just need the creativity to see them. For example, there are more than three hundred different known proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem. In short, studying a problem in a laser-focused way until you reach a solution is not an effective way to learn. Rather, it involves taking the time to step away from a problem and allow the more relaxed and creative part of the brain to take over. The learning strategies in this book apply not only to math and science, but to any subject in which we struggle. We all have what it takes to excel in areas that don't seem to come naturally to us at first, and learning them does not have to be as painful as we might think!
