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An audiobook for learners of all ages containing the best and most updated advice on learning from neuroscience and cognitive psychology.
Do you spend too much time learning with disappointing results? Do you find it difficult to remember what you read? Do you put off studying because it’s boring and you’re easily distracted? This book is for you.
Dr. Barbara Oakley and Olav Schewe have both struggled in the past with their learning. But they have found techniques to help them master any material. Building on insights from neuroscience and cognitive psychology, they give you a crash course to improve your ability to learn, no matter what the subject is. Through their decades of writing, teaching, and research on learning, the authors have developed deep connections with experts from a vast array of disciplines. And it’s all honed with feedback from thousands of students who have themselves gone through the trenches of learning. Successful learners gradually add tools and techniques to their mental toolbox, and they think critically about their learning to determine when and how to best use their mental tools. That allows these learners to make the best use of their brains, whether those brains seem “naturally” geared toward learning or not. This book will teach you how you can do the same.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Essentials
"Learn Like a Pro is the book I wish I’d had when I was a student. It is jam-packed with practical, evidence-based advice for overcoming procrastination, strengthening memory, and reading more effectively. You’ll find a nugget of learning gold on every page." (Daniel H. Pink, number one New York Times best-selling author of When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human)
"If you want to learn how to learn, I can’t think of better guides than Barbara Oakley and Olav Schewe. They transformed themselves from struggling students into master teachers, and they’ve written an unusually digestible, immediately useful book about how to build your knowledge, improve your memory, and boost your motivation to keep getting smarter." (Adam Grant, number one New York Times best-selling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast WorkLife)
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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 and will appeal to all those interested in the challenge of lifelong learning and self-improvement.
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FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KNOW HOW TO LEARN
- By ANDRÉ on 11-22-14
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Learning How to Learn
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Education can be enriching and transformative. It can also be downright excruciating—even demoralizing. When it comes to learning, why are some of us lovers and some of us haters? Welcome to the world of educational psychology, which uses science to explore what causes people to engage and learn, and what we can do to make learning opportunities more enjoyable and impactful. Spoiler alert: Teachers can only do so much. Students, too, must take control of their learning. Unfortunately, many of us never, ahem, learned the skills to do just that.
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Like sitting through a middle school class
- By KDS on 06-16-22
By: Tesia Marshik, and others
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Ultralearning
- Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
- By: Scott H. Young
- Narrated by: Scott H. Young
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Future-proof your career and maximize your competitive advantage by learning the skill necessary to stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace throws your way in this essential guide. Scott Young incorporates the latest research about the most effective learning methods and the stories of other ultralearners like himself - among them Ben Franklin, Judit Polgar, and Richard Feynman, as well as a host of others, such as little-known modern polymaths like Nigel Richards who won the World Championship of French Scrabble - without knowing French.
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I Thought I Already Knew Something About Learning
- By Tyler L on 09-08-19
By: Scott H. Young
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Accelerated Learning: Master Memory Improvement, Be Productive and Declutter Your Mind to Boost Your IQ Through Insane Focus, Unlimited Memory, Photographic Memory, Speed Reading, and Mindfulness
- By: Adam Hunter
- Narrated by: Brian Housewert
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Do you seem to forget more often than others? Does it take you hours and hours to just remember one simple thing? Are you sick of not being the ‘smartest’ and most knowledgeable person in the room? If so, then keep reading. Increasing your productivity through accelerated learning and memory improvement is a possibility with the right tools. Procrastination and forgetting things is something that everybody struggles with, but from this audiobook, you will learn different ways to beat that problem and improve your life.
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This book on accelerated learning will be great.
- By Cinderella :) on 02-10-19
By: Adam Hunter
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How to Become a Straight-A Student
- The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less
- By: Cal Newport
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
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A breakthrough approach to acing academic assignments, from quizzes and exams to essays and papers, How to Become a Straight-A Student reveals for the first time the proven study secrets of real straight-A students across the country and weaves them into a simple, practical system that anyone can master.
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Wish I would've bought the paper book
- By Twomsixer on 02-28-19
By: Cal Newport
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The Art of Self-Learning
- Tried-and-True Self-Learning Techniques to Expand Your Horizons (Self-Learning Mastery)
- By: Thinknetic
- Narrated by: Wes Fell
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Prominent psychologist Angela Duckworth’s successive scientific studies show that perseverance in the face of challenges is a greater predictor of success than genetics.
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Your Roadmap to Lifelong Success
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Self-Learning
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- By: Gordon Cohen
- Narrated by: Brian R. Scott
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You are about to embark on an interesting journey that could transform you in ways you never thought possible....
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Unlimited Memory
- How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and Be More Productive
- By: Kevin Horsley
- Narrated by: Dan Culhane
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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Do you ever feel like you're too busy, too stressed, or just too distracted to concentrate and get work done? In Unlimited Memory you'll learn how the world's best memory masters get themselves to concentrate at will, anytime they want. When you can easily focus and concentrate on the task at hand and store and recall useful information, you can easily double your productivity and eliminate wasted time, stress, and mistakes at work. In this book you'll find all the tools, strategies, and techniques you need to improve your memory.
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I don't get it
- By asher on 01-02-17
By: Kevin Horsley
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The Learning Brain
- By: The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Professor Thad A. Polk PhD Carnegie Mellon University
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
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One of the most complicated and advanced computers on Earth can't be purchased in any store. This astonishing device, responsible for storing and retrieving vast quantities of information that can be accessed at a moment's notice, is the human brain. How does such a dynamic and powerful machine make memories, learn a language, and remember how to drive a car? What habits can we adopt in order to learn more effectively throughout our lives? The answers to these questions are merely the tip of the iceberg in The Learning Brain.
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Slow, useful, unconvincing
- By Tintin on 03-02-19
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How We Learn
- The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
- By: Benedict Carey
- Narrated by: Steve Kramer
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. We’re told that learning is all self-discipline, that we must confine ourselves to designated study areas, turn off the music, and maintain a strict ritual if we want to ace that test, memorize that presentation, or nail that piano recital. But what if almost everything we were told about learning is wrong?
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Mostly how we "remember", not how we "learn"
- By NH Mama on 05-05-16
By: Benedict Carey
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Memory Craft
- Improve Your Memory with the Most Powerful Methods in History
- By: Lynne Kelly
- Narrated by: Nancy Linari
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Groundbreaking anthropologist and memory champion Lynne Kelly reveals how we can use ancient and traditional mnemonic methods to enhance and expand our memory.
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So grateful this is on Audible!
- By happy_reader on 02-19-22
By: Lynne Kelly
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- Jay Rice
- 02-10-24
Great Study Strategies
I wish I had this book when I was in high school and college
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-22-22
MASTER AND GET RESULTS!!
This is a must have for a Powerful Brain. Master the Techniques,Become Great/Genius, Exceptional!!!
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- james
- 06-07-21
short and sweet
excellent book with helpful tips on learning and memorizing. it's straight to the point and explains every subject quickly.
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- The Taylors
- 01-08-23
The book is a gem.
I wish I had this book when I was a kid. The book is filled with practical guidance that you can begin to implement immediately.
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- Ross Andertahl
- 04-07-24
Concise and well written
There are a lot of other books on this subject of becoming a better learner. But most focus too much on the research and too little on boiling it down to the facts and what matters when implementing the research into your own life.
Learn Like a Pro does a great job at explaining how you can apply these findings in a way that’s easy but not so simple that it wouldn’t make a difference.
I understand that some like to point out that the book is too simplistic and doesn’t offer anything for advanced learners.
I disagree and would counter that what this book teaches is, roughly speaking, as good as it gets unless you want to explore methods that are not well researched and too complex and require too much effort for the vast majority of learners to grasp, and wouldn’t offer anything more valuable than what is already written in this book.
I recommend this book to anyone interested in learning any subject. But I especially recommend this book to high school and college students who want to improve their learning experience and make their path towards a higher education more enjoyable and less intimidating.
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- 07-29-22
It's a great book, helped me develop an IEP.
It relies heavily on the pomodoro technique. So if you have sufficient knowledge of that, you'll probably already know the contents.
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- Victor Lage de Araujo
- 09-17-23
Especially useful for self-learners
Audio: easy and clear. I am Brazilian, have ALTE C2 proficiency, and could hear most of the audio at 1.2 speed in a medium-noise context (home & kitchen with external noise)
Content: Comprehensive and systematic. The author walks us through practically 100% of modern neuro-cognition science, and gives us sound suggestions at each chapter. There are recapitulations at the end of the chapter and a short
review at the end.
I recommend the book to any learner/studier, especially if you are fond of authonomous studying.
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- Ron
- 07-21-21
Modern Learning Techniques
This is a great overview of the techniques and science behind learning. It is a good resource for lifelong learners and students of all subjects. Highly recommend.
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- Benjamin Gardiner
- 08-03-21
Actionable Advice on Effective Learning
This book was fantastic at helping me understand a better way to learn. The authors take a scientific route to curb procrastination and more effectively remember the things you study for.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-21-22
Excellent advice for getting the most out of study
Love it!!! Thank you, Barbara & Olaf, for sharing the secrets to success! Anything Dr. Oakley writes is worth reading.
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