A Mind For Numbers: How

to Excel at Math and

Science (Even If You
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Barbara Oakley (Author)

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The companion book to COURSERA's wildly popular massive open
online course "Learning How to Learn"

Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or

you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for
Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating
material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to
struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science
courses, before enlisting in the army immediately after graduation. When she
saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy severely limited her
optionsboth to rise in the military and to explore other careersshe returned
to school with a newfound determination to re-tool her brain to master the very
subjects that had given her so much trouble throughout her entire life.

In A Mind for Numbers, Dr. Oakley lets us in on the secrets to learning

effectivelysecrets that even dedicated and successful students wish theyd
known earlier. Contrary to popular belief, math requires creative, as well as
analytical, thinking. Most people think that theres only one way to do a
problem, when in actuality, there are often a number of different solutionsyou
just need the creativity to see them. For example, there are more than three
hundred different known proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem. In short, studying
a problem in a laser-focused way until you reach a solution is not an effective
way to learn. Rather, it involves taking the time to step away from a problem
and allow the more relaxed and creative part of the brain to take over. The
learning strategies in this book apply not only to math and science, but to any
subject in which we struggle. We all have what it takes to excel in areas that
don't seem to come naturally to us at first, and learning them does not have to
be as painful as we might think!

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A well structured guide to learning 5 November 2015
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In A Mind For Numbers, Barbara Oakley has compiled an extensive guide to effective study
habits. The science behind the recommendations is communicated exceptionally well
through the use of simplification and analogy. The practical advice is easy to implement in
one's own study.

I liked that Barbara identifies the flaws in conventional study habits, such as passive
rereading, which has given me confidence to depart from those habits in my own study, in
order to adopt the recommendations in the book.

The book is also motivating. It has many accounts of students who have struggled in
different areas of study, and have overcome their struggles by re-learning how to learn, in
particular Barbara's own story.

I am recommending this book to anyone who will listen!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Learning made easier... 24 January 2015

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Yes, this is a way of finding out how to learn and retain the information. Professor Oakley
hosts a Coursera course on learning how to learn and this is full of information on how to
stop procrastination and find ways of learning that really work.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I wish.... 16 November 2015

By anon

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This book was available to me a lot earlier on in my life. However, it's never too late and the
ideas here will serve me well going forward. Great read!

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Evidently I excel at procrastination, why else would I waste time reading this book. Pointless exercise.

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