Glen Allsopp, LiteMind Have you ever read an informative book, only to later remember just a few main points — if anything at all? The problem might be that you’re using one of the least efficient ways of learning available. The Cone of Learning I remember back about 7 years ago when I was taking [...]
Goodreads is the largest site for readers and book recommendations in the world. We have more than 7,000,000 members who have added more than 250,000,000 books to their shelves. A home for casual readers and bona-fide bookworms alike, Goodreads users recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they’ve read and would [...]
If you’re short on time, this video shows you how to get the gist of a book in ten minutes. Step 1 Read the first and last chapter of the book. Step 2 Open the book to the middle, and read that chapter. Step 3 Read the first and last page of every chapter.
by Steve Wheeler, Learning with ‘e’s We all value learning. And much of what we have learnt can be difficult to unlearn. Usually that’s a good thing. But there are times when unlearning just has to be done. Sometimes it’s impossible to learn new things if you don’t unlearn some of the old stuff you are [...]
Daniel Kahneman (born March 5, 1934) is an Israeli-American psychologist and Nobel laureate. He is notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, behavioral economics and hedonic psychology. With Amos Tversky and others, Kahneman established a cognitive basis for common human errors using heuristics and biases (Kahneman & Tversky, 1973; Kahneman, Slovic [...]
What is Vocabulary.com? Vocabulary.com is the easiest, most intelligent way to improve your vocabulary. It combines an adaptive learning system (The Challenge) with the world’s fastest dictionary (The Dictionary) so that you can more quickly and more efficiently learn words. Why Vocabulary.com? We teach you useful words. We don’t waste your time. We start by [...]
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