Our Animal Friends: Elaina the Eagle that Soared, Benedict James

Автор: Benedict Carey
Название: How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens Hardcover
ISBN: 0812993888 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812993882
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 15020.00 T
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Описание: In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today--and how we can apply it to our own lives.

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? And what if there was a way to achieve more with less effort?

In How We Learn, award-winning science reporter Benedict Carey sifts through decades of education research and landmark studies to uncover the truth about how our brains absorb and retain information. What he discovers is that, from the moment we are born, we are all learning quickly, efficiently, and automatically; but in our zeal to systematize the process we have ignored valuable, naturally enjoyable learning tools like forgetting, sleeping, and daydreaming. Is a dedicated desk in a quiet room really the best way to study? Can altering your routine improve your recall? Are there times when distraction is good? Is repetition necessary? Carey's search for answers to these questions yields a wealth of strategies that make learning more a part of our everyday lives--and less of a chore.

By road testing many of the counterintuitive techniques described in this book, Carey shows how we can flex the neural muscles that make deep learning possible. Along the way he reveals why teachers should give final exams on the first day of class, why it's wise to interleave subjects and concepts when learning any new skill, and when it's smarter to stay up late prepping for that presentation than to rise early for one last cram session. And if this requires some suspension of disbelief, that's because the research defies what we've been told, throughout our lives, about how best to learn.

The brain is not like a muscle, at least not in any straightforward sense. It is something else altogether, sensitive to mood, to timing, to circadian rhythms, as well as to location and environment. It doesn't take orders well, to put it mildly. If the brain is a learning machine, then it is an eccentric one. In How We Learn, Benedict Carey shows us how to exploit its quirks to our advantage.

Praise for How We Learn

"This book is a revelation. I feel as if I've owned a brain for fifty-four years and only now discovered the operating manual."--Mary Roach, bestselling author of Stiff and Gulp

"A welcome rejoinder to the faddish notion that learning is all about the hours put in."--The New York Times Book Review

"A valuable, entertaining tool for educators, students and parents."--Shelf Awareness

"How We Learn is more than a new approach to learning; it is a guide to making the most out of life. Who wouldn't be interested in that?"--Scientific American

"I know of no other source that pulls together so much of what we know about the science of memory and couples it with practical, practicable advice."--Daniel T. Willingham, professor of psychology at the University of Virginia

Автор: Blathwayt, Benedict
Название: Faster, faster little red train
ISBN: 0099475669 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099475668
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: The fast train to Pebblecombe has broken down. Everyone on the train wants to get to the fair and enjoy a great day out but now they`re all stuck on the tracks. It is up to the Little Red Train and Duffy Driver to save the day. So the Little Red Train speeds up and is determined to get all the passengers to the fair on time.

Автор: Benedict, Laura
Название: Isabella Moon
ISBN: 0099509326 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099509325
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Цена: 6150.00 T
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Описание: Carystown, Kentucky, is still scarred by the disappearance of Isabella Moon. Faced with an almost complete lack of evidence - lack, even, of a body - the case of the missing girl is still open, and, though the commotion and media circus which engulfed the town has long since subsided, frustrated Sheriff Bill Delaney is no nearer a resolution.

Автор: Therien Devin, Leca Benedict
Название: Illuminations: Italian Baroque Masterworks in Canadian Collections
ISBN: 1907804579 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781907804571
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Цена: 19870.00 T
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Описание: Investigates how Italian Baroque painting demonstrates an unprecedented ability to create powerful spectacles through pictorial illumination.

Автор: Benecke Joanna
Название: Cumberlicious: Being Benedict Cumberbatch
ISBN: 0859655229 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780859655224
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Автор: Benedict Blathwayt
Название: Little Red Train`s Race to the Finish
ISBN: 0099495171 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099495178
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Цена: 7030.00 T
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Описание: Another charming tale in The Little Red Train series which will appeal to all little boys and girls obsessed with engines, trains and things that go!The nasty Swish Train drivers have challenged Duffy and Jack to a race and the winner gets to keep the Little Red Train`s very last route!

Автор: Blathwayt, Benedict
Название: Little red train
ISBN: 1862306117 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781862306110
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: When a lorry driver scoffs at the Little Red Train for looking old and useless, Duffy is quite upset. But the Little Red Train soon proves its worth when terrible traffic, breakdowns and faulty lights stop the lorries being able to deliver. And the Little Red Train doesn`t look quite so useless, or little, after all.

Автор: Blathwayt Benedict
Название: Little House by the Sea
ISBN: 1780273142 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780273143
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Описание: A delightful story for readers aged 3-7.

Автор: Anderson Benedict
Название: A Life Beyond the Boundaries: A Memoir
ISBN: 1784784567 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784784560
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: An intellectual memoir by the author of the acclaimed Imagined Communities

Автор: Benedict Blathwayt
Название: The Little Red Train Gift Collection
ISBN: 0091798930 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780091798932
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: A drowsy Duffy Driver forgets to put on the brakes and off chuffs the Little Red Train, without it`s driver. Can Duffy catch up? There`s an obstacle round every bend in Little Red Train To The Rescue, can the Little Red Train overcome animals on the line, trees on the track and severe snow to make it to Birchcombe village on time?

Автор: Benedict Blathwayt
Название: Green Light for the Little Red Train
ISBN: 1862305625 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781862305625
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: When Duffy the driver is told to keep on going until the lights change, that`s exactly what he does - so he doesn`t even notice that he`s driven Little Red Train right under the channel to France. This illustrated book is accompanied by a CD.

Автор: Stewart
Название: Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilious Journey, The
ISBN: 0316036730 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780316036733
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
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Цена: 6960.00 T
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Описание: The fearsome foursome is back in the second installment of the New York Times bestselling series praised by Rick Riordan
The Mysterious Benedict Society is up against a new mission, significantly closer to home. After reuniting for a celebratory scavenger hunt, Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance are forced to go on an unexpected search--a search to find Mr. Benedict. It seems that while he was preparing the kids' adventure, he stepped right into a trap orchestrated by his evil twin Mr. Curtain.

With only one week to find a captured Mr. Benedict, the gifted foursome faces their greatest challenge of all--a challenge that will reinforce the reasons they were brought together in the first place and will require them to fight for the very namesake that united them.