Reading That Sticks: The science of successful learning
It is ingrained in us from a young age: Success is opposed by restlessness, distraction, and ignorance. If we want to succeed on a test, memorize a presentation, we are instructed that learning requires only self-discipline, that we must restrict ourselves to predetermined study areas and follow a strict routine.
However, what if almost everything we were taught about LEARNING is incorrect? Furthermore, what if there were a means to ACCOMPLISH MORE with less effort?
Is it the best way to study to sit at a dedicated desk in a quiet room? Can changing your routine help you remember more? Is there a time when distraction can be beneficial? Is it necessary to repeat? A wealth of strategies that make learning more of a part of our everyday lives and less of a chore are the results of Prof. Williams Sam search for answers to these questions.
Prof. Williams Sam demonstrates how we can exercise the neural muscles that enable deep learning by road-testing a number of the counterintuitive strategies described in this book. He explains when it's best to learn a new skill by interleaving subjects and concepts, and when it's best to stay up late preparing for a presentation rather than getting up early for one last cram session. And if believing this requires some suspension of disbelief, it is because the research defies everything we have been taught about learning best throughout our lives.
In any practical sense, the brain is not comparable to a muscle. It is completely different, and it is sensitive to location and environment in addition to mood, timing, and circadian rhythms. To put it mildly, it does not respond well to commands. A brain is an eccentric machine if it is a learning machine. Prof. Williams Sam demonstrates to us in How We Learn how to make the most of its peculiarities.
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