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Preface
Introduction
1. The Big Picture
2. Techniques of Studying
3. Examinations
4. Thinking Process
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1. The Big Picture
2. Techniques of Studying
3. Examinations
4. Thinking Process
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2. Mechanics and Techniques of Studying
A methodical approach | The weekly schedule card | Why study? – Material rewards | Why study? – Non-material rewards | The wall calendar | The pocket date book | Sleep | Tools of the trade general | Tools of the trade specific | Go out for sports? | How detailed should class notes be? | Four methods of taking notes | Notebook inspection | Some note-taking hints | What is important? | What is not important? | Study old exams? | Working conditions | A typical study session | “Take ten!” | Retroactive amnesia | The curve of learning | The law of diminishing returns | The curve of forgetting | Hypnosis | Teaching machines | Reading-acceleration machines | Television | Scrambled books | Distractions enemies of retention
Reading-Acceleration Machines
When we begin to read, we must laboriously identify each letter and then each word at a time. Later we comprehend several words at a time, and with practice can even learn to read entire sentences at one glance.
Many people never get past the first stage. They waste much time wading through the individual words on a single page. Machines which flash phrases into view and out of sight at a measured speed are available to train people to read faster. The speed can be regulated and increased. Gradually a trainee can step up his reading time with the help of the machine. Not only can slow readers increase their reading speed, but fast readers can accelerate as well. Taking a series of "lessons," if there is a machine of this sort available, is a profitable experience.
