A Mind For Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

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Now that I’ve decided to read 100 books in 100 days, I have to make sure that I’m reading books across multiple disciplines. I have close to 17,500 books in my Kindle app, so I have many options. While experiencing the read 100 books in 100 days I don’t want to hear myself saying, haven’t I read a book like that already? What is A Mind For Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science by Barbara Oakley About? Eliminate distractions. Oakley points out that avoiding distractions can prevent your procrastination sub-routines from triggering.

To test your comprehension and recollection of a subject, wait at least a day after studying it, and then try to explain it in your own words.You want your brain to become used to the idea that just knowing how to use a particular problem-solving technique isn’t enough—you also need to know when to use it.” Note: Usually, thinking on paper leads to fewer errors, but we still can’t dismiss the benefits of chunking some steps when solving. Easy Way to Learn Math Formulas Students fail mathematics because they have ineffective strategies and problem-solving approaches. It’s a common misconception that only “Practice, Practice, Practice” is the way to go. Sometimes they memorize solutions. Some of the better strategies are Chunking and Interleaving. Bottom Line: How to Get Better at Math Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential by Barbara Oakley

There are some math topics that require you to memorize formulas or just some mathematical facts that make things easier. One important key to learning swiftly in math and science is to realize that virtually every concept you learn has an analogy, a comparison, with something you already know. A Mind for Numbers explores new ways of thinking about how you learn. It is written primarily for students. It has a lot of specific advice related to studying for homework, projects, and working with classmates. In her book, she also stated that “the higher I went, the better I did. By the time I reached my doctoral studies, I was breezing by with perfect grades.”Testing in itself is a powerful learning experience, it changes and adds to what you know, also making dramatic improvements in your ability to retain the material. This is known as the testing effect. If you have difficulty hearing or speaking, it might help to use the Next Generation Text Service (NGTS) Typetalk/Text Relay app on a mobile device or computer. The techniques explained in the book are applicable to anyone, at any stage of life and learning. I highly recommend this book to everyone and especially those who are in transition stages of education, like coming up to university. It is very easy as a student to drift away from a task, to become too fixated on flawed approaches, to leave revision to the last minute before exams. However, this book showed me that the power to re-shape our brain is in our own hands. The key is persistence and working with consideration to your brain’s strengths and weaknesses. Instead of solving problems that use one concept, why not try those that use 3 or more in a single problem?