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Make It Stick

The Science of Successful Learning

By: Peter C. Brown,Henry L. Roediger III,Mark A. McDaniel

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Make It Stick

The Science of Successful Learning

By: Peter C. Brown,Henry L. Roediger III,Mark A. McDaniel

To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners. Memory plays a central role in our ability to carry out complex cognitive tasks, such as applying knowledge to problems never before encountered and drawing inferences from facts already known. New insights into how memory is encoded, consolidated, and later retrieved have led to a better understanding of how we learn. Grappling with the impediments that make learning challenging leads both to more complex mastery and better retention of what was learned. Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. Underlining and highlighting, rereading, cramming, and single-minded repetition of new skills create the illusion of mastery, but gains fade quickly. More complex and durable learning come from self-testing, introducing certain difficulties in practice, waiting to re-study new material until a little forgetting has set in, and interleaving the practice of one skill or topic with another. Speaking most urgently to students, teachers, trainers, and athletes, Make It Stick will appeal to all those interested in the challenge of lifelong learning and self-improvement.

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Harvard University Press

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0674729013

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9780674729018

Prospective Memory

An Overview and Synthesis of an Emerging Field

By: Mark A. McDaniel,Gilles O. Einstein

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Prospective Memory

An Overview and Synthesis of an Emerging Field

By: Mark A. McDaniel,Gilles O. Einstein

While there are many books on retrospective memory, or remembering past events, Prospective Memory: An Overview and Synthesis of an Emerging Field is the first authored text to provide a straightforward and integrated foundation to the scientific study of memory for actions to be performed in the future. Authors Mark A. McDaniel and Gilles O. Einstein present an accessible overview and synthesis of the theoretical and empirical work in this emerging field. Key Features: Focuses on students rather than researchers: While there are many edited works on prospective memory, this is the first authored text written in an accessible style geared toward students. Provides a general approach for the controlled, laboratory study of prospective memory: The authors place issues and research on prospective memory within the context of general contemporary themes in psychology, such as the issue of the degree to which human behavior is mediated by controlled versus automatic processes. Investigates the cognitive processes that underlie prospective remembering: Examples are provided of event-based, time-based, and activity-based prospective memory tasks while subjects are engaged in ongoing activities to parallel day-to-day life. Suggests fruitful directions for further advancement: In addition to integrating what is now a fairly loosely connected theoretical and empirical field, this book goes beyond current work to encourage new theoretical insights. Intended Audience: This relatively brief book is an excellent supplemental text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as Memory, Human Memory, and Learning & Memory in the departments of psychology and cognitive science.

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279

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SAGE Publications

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1483316890

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9781483316895

Memory Fitness

A Guide for Successful Aging

By: Gilles O. Einstein,Mark A. McDaniel

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Memory Fitness

A Guide for Successful Aging

By: Gilles O. Einstein,Mark A. McDaniel

div Do all adults experience memory difficulties as they age? What is the difference between normal memory change and the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease? Is it possible to stem—or even reverse—memory decline? This timely book is a comprehensive guide for the growing number of adults who are eager to learn how aging affects memory and what can or cannot be done about it. Gilles Einstein and Mark McDaniel, widely respected for their research and lectures on memory, explain how memory works and how memory processes change with age. Based on up-to-date and rigorous scientific evidence, they also offer * techniques and strategies for improving memory in everyday life * alternatives to hard-to-use mnemonic techniques * physical and mental exercises that can enhance memory * a review of drugs and nutritional supplements touted to enhance memory * a complete discussion of Alzheimer’s disease, its symptoms and risk factors, along with guidance for caretakers * and much more. /DIV

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Yale University Press

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0300133588

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9780300133585

USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

The First Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier

By: Mark L. Evans

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

The First Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier

By: Mark L. Evans

This is the thrilling story of USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Her story spans 51 years (1961-2012) of active service from the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis to the first global cruise by nuclear-powered ships, to the first strikes during the Vietnam War, battles against the Iranians and Iraqis in the 1980s and 1990s, a pivotal role during 9/11 and the Global War on Terrorism, and hunting pirates off the Horn of Africa. More than just an operational history of Enterprise, this book recounts the experiences of the men and women who served on board--the pilots who flew from the flight deck, the men who fought to save the ship during a fire in 1969, the sailors who brought retribution against Al-Qaeda terrorists--with detailed descriptions of sorties through flak-filled skies and harrowing escapes from capture behind enemy lines. This book is dedicated to the men and women who have served on board Big E, and to those who paid the ultimate price for freedom.

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McFarland

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1476644705

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9781476644707

Algebraic Integrability, Painlevé Geometry and Lie Algebras

By: Mark Adler,Pierre van Moerbeke,Pol Vanhaecke

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Algebraic Integrability, Painlevé Geometry and Lie Algebras

By: Mark Adler,Pierre van Moerbeke,Pol Vanhaecke

This Ergebnisse volume is aimed at a wide readership of mathematicians and physicists, graduate students and professionals. The main thrust of the book is to show how algebraic geometry, Lie theory and Painlevé analysis can be used to explicitly solve integrable differential equations and construct the algebraic tori on which they linearize; at the same time, it is, for the student, a playing ground to applying algebraic geometry and Lie theory. The book is meant to be reasonably self-contained and presents numerous examples. The latter appear throughout the text to illustrate the ideas, and make up the core of the last part of the book. The first part of the book contains the basic tools from Lie groups, algebraic and differential geometry to understand the main topic.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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366205650X

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9783662056509

Make It Stick

The Science of Successful Learning

By: Peter C. Brown,Henry L. Roediger III,Mark A. McDaniel

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The Science of Successful Learning

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Harvard University Press

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0674729013

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9780674729018

Dog's Best Friend

Annals of the Dog-Human Relationship

By: Mark Derr

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Dog's Best Friend

Annals of the Dog-Human Relationship

By: Mark Derr

A comprehensive, humane, and bemused tour of the dog-human relationship, Dog's Best Friend combines anecdote, research, and reportage to illuminate our complex rapport with our cherished canine companions. Tracking our national obsession with an animal that now outnumbers children in American households, Mark Derr chronicles the evolution of "the culture of the dog" from the prehistoric domestication of tamed wolves to the modern horrors of overbreeding and inbreeding. Passionate about his subject and intent on sharing his zeal, Derr defends dogs with wit and flare, producing here a quirky, informative, and fitting tribute to our love affair with canines big and small.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226142809

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9780226142807

Memory Fitness

A Guide for Successful Aging

By: Gilles O. Einstein,Mark A. McDaniel

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Memory Fitness

A Guide for Successful Aging

By: Gilles O. Einstein,Mark A. McDaniel

This up-to-date book is a comprehensive guide for everyone who wishes to learn the scientific facts about how aging affects memory and what can or cannot be done about it. Gilles Einstein and Mark McDaniel offer a lively overview of how memory works and how memory processes change with age. They then approach the topic of memory improvement, drawing on the latest rigorous scientific evidence and sprinkling their advice with anecdotes and graphics to illustrate major concepts.

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Yale University Press

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030010023X

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9780300100235

You Are a Gift Unopened

Overcoming Obstacles To Pursue Your Gifts and Talents

By: Mark McDaniel

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You Are a Gift Unopened

Overcoming Obstacles To Pursue Your Gifts and Talents

By: Mark McDaniel

I knew that there were forces that were trying to kill me. John later returned to the jobsite with a sawed off shotgun. I had seen him running with the gun, but he hadn't seen me yet. It was God himself said, `stop'. John did stop dead in his tracks. I was desperately searching for a solution to my problems. I started attending church. It was a normal service, but I felt everything except normal. During the service, Bishop Jakes called me out of this huge audience. I was scared. I pointed at myself like 'Who? Me?'. But I proceeded to the altar. Bishop Jakes laid his big hands on my head and prayed for me. The devil was not impressed. The devil knew his time was limited, so he took advantage of all my weaknesses and he did it at rapid pace. I believe we¿re all struggling in some area in our lives. Some of us are trying to stay on the path to righteousness. Allow me to be your gift coach. The size of your enemy could be the size of your reward. Your problems could be your promotion. If you give them to God. Get on board and I will take you on a ride that will lead you into discovering how to use the gifts God has given you to fulfill your destiny in Christ. Because a gift unopened is worthless and a gift is not a gift until you give it away.

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iUniverse

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059538403X

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9780595384037

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Make It Stick

Make It Stick

Prospective Memory

Prospective Memory

Memory Fitness

Memory Fitness

USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

Algebraic Integrability, Painlevé Geometry and Lie Algebras

Algebraic Integrability, Painlevé Geometry and Lie Algebras

Make It Stick

Make It Stick

Dog's Best Friend

Dog's Best Friend

Memory Fitness

Memory Fitness

You Are a Gift Unopened

You Are a Gift Unopened

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