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Index
Cover
Advance Praise for LEARNING HOW TO LEARN
Title Page
Copyright
CONTENTS
A NOTE TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS
CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM WITH PASSION
Jump Ahead If You’d Like!
Disaster Strikes
Rebuilding My Career
Now You Try! Do a Picture Walk!
CHAPTER 2: EASY DOES IT: Why Trying Too Hard Can Sometimes Be Part of the Problem
You’ve Got Two Ways of Thinking!
Focused Mode
Diffuse Mode
Let’s Play Pinball
Switching Between Focused and Diffuse Modes
Now You Try! Shifting Modes
Important Learning Tip: Don’t Jump to Conclusions about Whether or Not New Learning Strategies Work
Use These Diffuse Mode Tools as Rewards After Focused Mode Work
CHAPTER 3: I’LL DO IT LATER, HONEST!: Using a Tomato to Beat Procrastination
The Problem with Putting Things Off
Distraction and Procrastination
Procrastination and Pain
The Pomodoro Technique
Learning Tip: Set a Timer for Your Breaks—and Learn to Put Off Your Procrastination!
Good Zombies and Bad Zombies
Back to the Arsenic Eaters
Now You Try! Preplanning to Avoid Distraction
Now You Try! Boost Your Reading Power with Active Recall
CHAPTER 4: BRAIN-LINKS AND FUN WITH SPACE ALIENS
Friendly Space Aliens: How Neurons “Talk”
Now You Try! Make Your Own Neurons
A Neuron Mystery
We Love Metaphors!
Now You Try! Understanding a Metaphor
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Common Excuses in Learning10
Pause and Recall
Now You Try! Create Your Own Metaphor for Learning
Key Terms Related to Neuroscience
CHAPTER 5: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TEACHER’S DESK
Pause and Recall
Now You Try! Taking a Break
CHAPTER 6: LEARNING WHILE YOU SLEEP: How to Wake Up Smarter
The Power of Sleep
Now You Try! Check Your Synaptic Links
Spaced Retrieval Practice: How to Build a Brick Wall of Learning
Pause and Recall
Now You Try: Repeat Your Learning After You’ve Slept on It
CHAPTER 7: SCHOOL BAGS, LOCKERS, AND YOUR ATTENTIONAL OCTOPUS
Working Memory: Introducing Your Attentional Octopus
Long-Term “Locker” Memory
Pause and Recall
Now You Try! Stage Your Own Memories
CHAPTER 8: SLICK TRICKS TO BUILD YOUR MEMORY
Looking More Deeply into Long-Term Memory
Nelson’s Five Tips for Remembering Things
The Memory Palace Technique
Why Does It Work?
More Memory Strategies
Learning Tip: The Rubber Ducky Method
Wrapping Up Memory
Now You Try! Your First Memory List
CHAPTER 9: WHY BRAIN-LINKS ARE IMPORTANT: (and How Not to Back a Car into a Ditch)
Information Overload
Memories Are Made of This (Unless You’re Distracted!)
Enjoyment Comes with Mastery
Key Ideas
Pause and Recall
Now You Try! Going Without Your Smartphone
CHAPTER 10: LEARNING WITH CLUBS AND GROUPS, FINDING YOUR MISSION, AND HOW TERRY NEARLY BURNED DOWN THE SCHOOL
Terry the Troublemaker
What Is Your Mission?
What I Learned at Princeton
Jumping into the Brain
Artificial Brains
Pause and Recall
CHAPTER 11: HOW TO PUMP UP YOUR BRAIN
Exercise Pumps Up Your Brain!
Food Also Feeds Your Brain!
You Can Learn from Many Sources!
Exercise: An All-Purpose Tool for Good Health
Pause and Recall
Now You Try! Exercise!
CHAPTER 12: MAKING BRAIN-LINKS: How Not to Learn from a Comic Book
Becoming an Expert
Two Key Ideas Behind Linking
Making a Set of Brain-Links
Special Advice for Math, Science, and Other Abstract Subjects
Special Advice to Improve Your Writing
Back to the Piano
Lady Luck Favors the One Who Tries
Pause and Recall
Now You Try! Brain-Link to Mastery7
Key Terms Related to Psychology
CHAPTER 13: ASKING YOURSELF IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Should You Listen to Music While You’re Studying?
Becoming an Artist and a Scientist
Studying in Different Places
The Problem with Auditory Versus Visual Learning Styles
Sleep—It’s Even More Important Than You Think!
Eat Your Frogs First!
Set a Quitting Time
Chapter Wrap-Up: Back to Music
Now You Try! Think Like a Learning Scientist
Pause and Recall
CHAPTER 14: LEARNING SURPRISES: Pssst... Your Worst Traits Can Be Your Best Traits!
Video Games
Learn Something Completely Different
How to Take Notes
Do You Have a Poor Working Memory? Congratulations!
Hiker Brains Versus Race Car Brains
Now You Try! Write It Down
Pause and Recall
CHAPTER 15: HOW TO DO WELL ON TESTS
Test Preparation Checklist
The Hard-Start Technique: Learning When to Disconnect
The Best Stress? Test Stress!
A Few Final Suggestions for Test Success
Pause, Recall, and Reflect
Now You Try! Create Your Own Test Questions
CHAPTER 16: GOING FROM “HAVE TO” TO “GET TO”
What to Do and What Not to Do in Your Learning
Now You Try! You Become the Teacher
Back to Santiago Ramón y Cajal
SOLUTIONS TO END-OF-CHAPTER PROBLEMS
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES
NOTES
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATOR
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