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| .3 Meet
your amazing brain (Read Chapter) |
113 |
| You're the owner of the
world's most powerful computer |
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| Your four brains in one |
115 |
| Neurons, dendrites, glial
cells and insulating system |
119 |
| Your many different
Intelligence centres" |
121 |
| The two sides of your brain |
125 |
| How your brain stores
information |
131 |
| Your four separate
wavelengths |
135 |
| Your brain runs on oxygen
and glucose |
135 |
| Simple tips on brain food |
139 |
| Your emotional intelligence
is vital |
141 |
| The body and mind as one |
143 |
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| .4 A
do-it-yourself guide (Read Chapter) |
145 |
| The first 20 steps to
learn anything much faster, better and more easily |
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| 1. Start with the
lessons from sports |
145 |
| 2. Dare to dream - and
imagine your future |
149 |
| 3. Set a specific
goal-and set deadlines |
149 |
| 4. Get an enthusiastic
mentor - fast |
149 |
| 5. Start with the big
picture first |
151 |
| 6. Ask! |
153 |
| 7. Seek out the main
principle |
155 |
| 8. Find three best
books by practical achievers |
155 |
| 9. Relearn how to
read-faster, better, more easily |
157 |
| 10. Reinforce with pictures
and sound |
161 |
| 11. Learn by doing |
163 |
| 12. Draw Mind Maps instead
of taking linear notes |
165 |
| 13. Easy ways to retrieve
what you've learned |
167 |
| 14. Learn the art of relaxed
alertness |
169 |
| 15. Practice, practice,
practice |
173 |
| 16. Review and reflect |
173 |
| 17. Use linking tools as
memory pegs |
173 |
| 18. Have fun, play games |
175 |
| 19. Teach others |
177 |
| 20. Take an accelerated
learning course |
177 |
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| .5
How to think for great ideas (Read Chapter) |
183 |
| New program to teach
yourself and students creative thinking |
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| An idea defined: a new
combination of old elements |
185 |
| 1 . Define your
problem |
187 |
| 2. Define your ideal
solution and visualize it |
189 |
| 3. Gather all the
facts |
191 |
| 4. Break the pattern |
191 |
| 5. Go outside your own
field |
193 |
| 6. Try various
combinations |
193 |
| 7. Use all your senses |
193 |
| 8. Switch off - let it
simmer |
195 |
| 9. Use music or nature
to relax |
195 |
| 10. Sleep on it |
195 |
| 11. Eureka! It pops out |
197 |
| 12. Recheck it |
197 |
| . |
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| .10 Do it in
style (Read Chapter) |
341 |
| How to find your own
learning style and use your many intelligences |
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| Determining your learning
style |
347 |
| How you take in information |
349 |
| How you organize and process
information |
351 |
| The conditions that affect
your learning ability |
351 |
| Physical and biological
needs that affect learning |
353 |
| How to determine students'
preferred learning styles |
353 |
| Your unique working style |
355 |
| Four types of thinking style |
357 |
| Test your own thinking style |
358 |
| The implications for schools
and individuals |
361 |
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| .15
Just do it! (Read Chapter) |
487 |
| How any country can lead
the learning revolution: and so can you |
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| The Singapore centralized
leadership model |
487 |
| The decentralized New
Zealand model |
489 |
| The new Swedish models |
491 |
| The certification model |
493 |
| Corporate leadership models |
495 |
| The give-it-away model |
497 |
| The Internet selling model |
497 |
| The
business-teacher-multimedia model |
499 |
| The Foundation model |
501 |
| The international conference
model |
503 |
| The "learning
organization" model |
503 |
| The "cluster"
model |
505 |
| The Chinese
"back-to-your-roots" model |
507 |
| Invent your own model |
509 |
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| .Chapter reference notes |
514 |
| .Acknowledgments and thanks |
526 |
| .resources |
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| The Learning Revolution
Library |
528 |
| Other recommended reading |
534 |
| .Index |
538 |
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| Notes: 1. Figures throughout are in U.S. dollars
unless stated. 2. Billions are also in American terminology; thus one billion is 1,000
million, and a trillion is a million million. 3. Spelling is American-English. |
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