Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy

Daniel Willingham is the best! Buy this for the high school graduate in your life. It will help them in college. In fact, go ahead and give it to the high school freshman in your life because most of it will help them in high school too.

A great read with practical tips and suggestions to be a more effective student and learner

Lots of great information for anyone who works in any educational setting. As a teacher, I find it helpful to teach my students how their brains work so they can worker smarter and not harder. This book gave me some new insight to pass along to them.

This book is terrific for anyone heading toward college/university, although high schoolers would benefit from reading it too. Dr. Willingham brilliantly addresses the demands of college with relatable stories as he provides easy to apply tips on how to be successful. He addresses everything from establishing study habits to overcoming test anxiety to increasing your confidence and so much more, honoring every part of you as a learner. I’m so thankful he wrote this book and highly recommend it!Mary

This is a good book. Give it to somebody who is still in high school. It will help them learn how collegesexpect them to 'think' and behave in that new world. Tell them to keep it with them when they go offto college, because it will help them make the transition.

I wish I would have had this book when I was in school. It is very eye opening on how we all learn differently. If you are a parent, teacher or just someone wanting to make self improvements, give this one a try!

This book has some good ideas, but it feels old and dated. Good for students if they have the patience to read something like this in today's world.

I bought two of these books for my grandchildren. I had reviewed it myself, borrowing a book from my Library before purchasing them.

Un bon livre mais bien moins passionnant que les précédents (pourquoi les enfants n’aiment pas l’école etc). Bourré de conseils pratiques pour les étudiants mais peu pertinent si vous êtes déjà familier des idées de Daniel Willingham.

Libro in inglese comprato perchè seguo l'autore e i suoi consigli sono ottimi. Ottimo per quei momenti di crisi durante la sessione in cui non si sa come affrontare un esame o come continuare a studiare. Ha ottimi riassunti indirizzati sia a chi studia sia a chi è invece un insegnante.Lo consiglio a chiunque si trovi con difficiltà per la motivazione personale, per il metodo di studio e il metodo di annotamento.La scrittura è semplice e comprensibile.

Very interesting ideas on how to study effectively. There's a chapter devoted to each important study skill, such as how to take notes, how to attend a lecture, etc. The chapters themselves use the key ideas that Daniel teaches. Each chapter begins with a question and stories help you to remember the content.One reviewer said this isn't for students, it is! Each chapter has about 80% devoted to students and 20% at the end for how instructors should apply the concepts to their courses. As a teacher, I found the book has given me lots of things to think about and many easy ways to implement them in my lessons. As a student I've learned a lot and I already feel like I'm remembering more of what I study.

While much of the information is something that people might already know, sometimes it’s good to be reminded. The book also sets useful strategies clearly and has a section of advice for instructors at the end of each chapter.

Geared more to the university senior college student than the school but still a helpful read.