September 2011
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Neuropsy: What's the best way to learn faster? →
neuropsy.co
The time students invest in rereading or reviewing their notes would be better spent practicing retrieval to ensure better learning, according to new research from Purdue University.
“We continue to show that practicing retrieval, or testing yourself, is a powerful, robust tool for learning…
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“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
I don’t much care where——-” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
“——-so long as I get somewhere,” Alice added as an explanation.
“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough.”
” —Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- Lewis Carroll -
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“Sometimes, however, this sense of isolation, like acid spilling out of a bottle, can unconsciously eat away at a person’s heart and dissolve it.”
—Haruki Murakami (What I Talk About When I Talk About Running)
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