How-to-learn

As students head back to school, it's crucial to have a game plan for learning effectively. Unfortunately, many students rely on ineffective study strategies such as re-reading texts, skimming notes, and cramming the night before an exam. These techniques may help you pass the test in the short term, but they won't help you remember the information long-term...

For many people, to study means using strategies such as "rereading" chapters until it "feels like they know the material" or "cramming" the night before an exam. However, "rereading" fails more times than not....

I recently read A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley, Ph.D. I learned a lot about how the brain works when learning new material and many great tips on effective and ineffective studying....