1st Edition

Essentials of the New Science of Learning The Power of Learning in Harmony With Your Brain

By Todd D. Zakrajsek Copyright 2025
140 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

140 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

140 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This streamlined adaption of the best-selling book The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony with Your Brain is a distillation of the most essential and immediately effective tips and strategies selected specifically to put college students on the path to success. In this primer, Zakrajsek masterfully translates complex findings from cognitive psychology and neuroscience into... Read more

Part 1: Set Up for Success  1. Learning from Multiple Perspectives  2. Establishing Yourself as a Learner  3. Developing Your Learning Strategy  Part 2: Build The Foundation  4. Improving the Learning Process  5. Enhancing Your Memory  6. Exploring Social Influences  Part 3: Support Your Learning  7. Finding and Using Patterns  8. Thriving in Higher Education  9.  Avoiding Learning Pitfalls  Part 4: Keep It Going  10. Sleeping to Enhance Learning  11. Exercising to Enhance Learning  12. Creating More Effective Groups

Biography

Todd D. Zakrajsek is Research Associate Director in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. This is Dr. Zakrajsek’s seventh book related to better teaching and enhanced student learning. He also directs four annual Lilly Conferences on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning and has given workshops and keynote addresses in 49 US states and 12 countries.