Barbara Oakley

"Mindshift reveals how we can overcome stereotypes and preconceived ideas about what is possible for us to learn and become. At a time when we are constantly being asked to retrain and reinvent ourselves to adapt to new technologies and changing industries, this book shows us how we can uncover and develop talents we didn't realize we had--no matter what our age or background. Drawing on the latest neuroscientific insights, Dr. Oakley shepherds us past simplistic ideas of "aptitude" and "ability," which provide only a snapshot of who we are now. Even seemingly "bad" traits, such as a poor memory, come with hidden advantages--like increased creativity. Dr. Oakley teaches us strategies for learning that are backed by neuroscience so that we can realize the joy and benefits of a learning lifestyle."--

Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential

Mindshift

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 options—both to rise in the military and to explore other careers—she 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. In A Mind for Numbers, Dr. Oakley lets us in on the secrets to learning effectively—secrets that even dedicated and successful students wish they’d known earlier. Contrary to popular belief, math requires creative, as well as analytical, thinking. Most people think that there’s only one way to do a problem, when in actuality, there are often a number of different solutions—you 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! From the Trade Paperback edition.

How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

A Mind For Numbers

Beth Rogowsky

Terrence J. Sejnowski

A groundbreaking guide to improve teaching based on the latest research in neuroscience, from the bestselling author of A Mind for Numbers. Neuroscientists and cognitive scientists have made enormous strides in understanding the brain and how we learn, but little of that insight has filtered down to the way teachers teach. Uncommon Sense Teaching applies this research to the classroom for teachers, parents, and anyone interested in improving education. Topics include: * keeping students motivated and engaged, especially with online learning * helping students remember information long-term, so it isn't immediately forgotten after a test * how to teach inclusively in a diverse classroom where students have a wide range of abilities Drawing on research findings as well as the authors' combined decades of experience in the classroom, Uncommon Sense Teaching equips readers with the tools to enhance their teaching, whether they're seasoned professionals or parents trying to offer extra support for their children's education.

Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn

Uncommon Sense Teaching

Kahraman Türe

Sayısal Zeka : Matematik ve Fende Başarılı Olmanın Sırları  = [ A Mind For Numbers : How To Excel At Math And Science ], Çeviren

Estamos acostumbrados a enfrentarnos a las matemáticas o a las ciencias de forma limitada. Y hay muchos métodos y técnicas diferentes para aprender a enfocar los problemas y resolverlos. Muchos más de los que crees. Tanto si eres estudiante, como profesor o madre de hijos en edad escolar, este libro te proporcionará herramientas para potenciar todas las capacidades de tu cerebro y te desvelará todos los secretos para conseguir un aprendizaje efectivo en matemáticas o en cualquier otra disciplina.

Cómo sobresalir en Ciencias aunque seas de Letras

Abre tu mente a los números.

Pathological Altruism is a groundbreaking new book - the first to explore the negative aspects of altruism and empathy, seemingly uniformly positive traits. In fact, pathological altruism, in the form of an unhealthy focus on others to the detriment of one's own needs, may underpin some personality disorders. Hyperempathy - an excess of concern for what others think and how they feel - helps explain popular but poorly defined concepts such as codependency. The contributing authors of this book provide a scientific, social, and cultural foundation for the subject of pathological altruism, creating a new field of inquiry. Each author's approach points to one disturbing truth: what we value so much, the altruistic "good" side of human nature, can also have a dark side that we ignore at our peril.

Pathological Altruism

學習如何學習：給青少年的大腦特訓課，讓你學什麼都會、記憶力升級、告別拖拖拉拉，考試拿高分！

Alistair McConville

Terrence Sejnowski

Um guia inteligente e repleto de ilustrações, jogos e exercícios que vão desafiar o seu cérebro e tirar você da zona de conforto. Dialogando especialmente com os jovens, mas trazendo dicas que se aplicam a leitores de todas as idades, Aprendendo a aprender para crianças e adolescentes revela como aproveitar ao máximo o tempo gasto estudando. Uma ferramenta incrível para estudantes aprenderem a dominar qualquer matéria, baseado em um dos mais populares cursos a distância do mundo e no livro best-seller Aprendendo a aprender.

Aprendendo a aprender para crianças e adolescentes

ein Gespür für Zahlen

Traditional Chinese edition of Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn

Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn

Benedict Carey

Henry L. Roediger

David Didau

Aaron S. Benjamin

Nicholas C. Soderstrom

Francis J. Pirozzolo

Alan D. Castel

Daniel Wellingham

Study Smart will show you in clear, simple terms how you can use breakthroughs from the science of learning to study smarter for the SAT/ACT-or anything else, for that matter. Backed by decades of research from university learning labs, the techniques in Study Smart are surprising, counterintuitive, and best of all, have been shown to really work. Study Smart will help you learn the fundamentals of how to study for the SAT/ACT and change the way you study forever.

10 Ways to Master the SAT/ACT Using the Science of Learning

Study Smart

Your beginning band class is all excited to start their new instruments. After carefully teaching them how to assemble their instruments and how to hold them you move on to how to produce a sound.The clarinets, trumpets, and trombones all get a sound and your flutes, well, it's mostly whooshing air. How you wish you could get your ?ute players to produce a sound as soon as the others so they won't get discouraged.The problem arises because a ?ute does not have a mouthpiece as do the other instruments, it has a headjoint. That is because our lips are our mouthpiece. Every person's lips are shaped a little bit differently and this makes our sound a little different from the person sitting next to us. So now it is up to you to figure out how to help each one of these budding flutists get a sound. This book is here to help you solve the problems that you have with teaching ?ute and to improve your ?ute section.

A Band Teacher's Guide to Fixing Every Imaginable Flute Problem from the Start

David Sloan Wilson

Guruprasad Madhavan

Ariel Knafo

The benefits of altruism and empathy are obvious. These qualities are so highly regarded and embedded in both secular and religious societies that it seems almost heretical to suggest they can cause harm. Like most good things, however, altruism can be distorted or taken to an unhealthy extreme. Pathological Altruism presents a number of new, thought-provoking theses that explore a range of hurtful effects of altruism and empathy. Pathologies of empathy, for example, may trigger depression as well as the burnout seen in healthcare professionals. The selflessness of patients with eating abnormalities forms an important aspect of those disorders. Hyperempathy - an excess of concern for what others think and how they feel - helps explain popular but poorly defined concepts such as codependency. In fact, pathological altruism, in the form of an unhealthy focus on others to the detriment of one's own needs, may underpin some personality disorders. Pathologies of altruism and empathy not only underlie health issues, but also a disparate slew of humankind's most troubled features, including genocide, suicide bombing, self-righteous political partisanship, and ineffective philanthropic and social programs that ultimately worsen the situations they are meant to aid. Pathological Altruism is a groundbreaking new book - the first to explore the negative aspects of altruism and empathy, seemingly uniformly positive traits. The contributing authors provide a scientific, social, and cultural foundation for the subject of pathological altruism, creating a new field of inquiry. Each author's approach points to one disturbing truth: what we value so much, the altruistic "good" side of human nature, can also have a dark side that we ignore at our peril.

Guru Madhavan

Penny Low

David Green

David Koon

Sustainability applies to everybody. But everybody applies it differently, by defining and shaping it differently—much as water is edged and shaped by its container. It is conceived in absolute terms but underpinned by a great diversity of relatively “green”—and sometimes contradictory—practices that can each make society only more or less sustainable. In Practicing Sustainability, chefs, poets, music directors, evangelical pastors, skyscraper architects, artists, filmmakers, as well as scientific leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, business executives, policy makers, and the contrarians, shed light on our understanding of sustainability and the role that each of us can play. Each contributor addresses what sustainability means, what is most appealing about the concept, and what they would like to change to improve the perception and practice of sustainability. What emerges from their essays is a wide spectrum of views that confirm an important insight: Sustainability is pursued in different ways not only due to different interpretations, but also because of varying incentives, trade-offs, and altruistic motives. Practicing and achieving sustainability starts with a willingness to look critically at the concept. It also means enabling rich and vigorous discussion based on pragmatism and common sense to determine a framework for best ideas and practices. With time and the much needed critical thinking, sustainable development will become a more integral part of our culture. By sharing experiences and crisp insights from today’s savants, Practicing Sustainability serves as a stepping stone to the future.

Practicing Sustainability

Luis Kun

This indispensable guide provides a roadmap to the broad and varied career development opportunities in bioengineering, biotechnology, and related fields. Eminent practitioners lay out career paths related to academia, industry, government and regulatory affairs, healthcare, law, marketing, entrepreneurship, and more. Lifetimes of experience and wisdom are shared, including "war stories," strategies for success, and discussions of the authors’ personal views and motivations.

Barbara Oakley

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