How to Use Your Mind: A Psychology of Study; Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised StudyJ.B. Lippincott, 1910 - 215 páginas Educational leaders are seeing with increasing clearness the necessity of teaching students not only the subject-matter of study but also methods of study. Teachers are beginning to see that students waste a vast amount of time and form many harmful habits because they do not know how to use their minds. The recognition of this condition is taking the form of the movement toward "supervised study," which attempts to acquaint the student with principles of economy and directness in using his mind. It is generally agreed that there are certain "tricks" which make for mental efficiency, consisting of methods of apperceiving facts, methods of review, devices for arranging work. Some are the fruits of psychological experimentation; others are derived from experience. Many of them can be imparted by instruction, and it is for the purpose of systematizing these and making them available for students that this book is prepared. The evils of unintelligent and unsupervised study are evident to all who have any connection with modern education. They pervade the entire educational structure from kindergarten through college. In college they are especially apparent in the case of freshmen, who, in addition to the numerous difficulties incident to entrance into the college world, suffer peculiarly because they do not know how to attack the difficult subjects of the curriculum. In recognition of these conditions, special attention is given at The University of Chicago toward supervision of study. All freshmen in the School of Commerce and Administration of the University are given a course in Methods of Study, in which practical discussions and demonstrations are given regarding the ways of studying the freshman subjects. In addition to the group-work, cases presenting special features are given individual attention, for it must be admitted that while certain difficulties are common to all students, there are individual cases that present peculiar phases and these can be served only by personal consultations. These personal consultations are expensive both in time and patience, for it frequently happens that the mental habits of a student must be thoroughly reconstructed, and this requires much time and attention, but the results well repay the effort. A valuable accessory to such individual supervision over students has been found in the use of psychological tests which have been described by the author in a monograph entitled, "The Scientific Study of the College Student." |
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... occurs in the mind , there is a change in some part of the nervous system . Applying this fact to study , it is obvious that , when you are performing any of the operations of study , memorizing foreign vocabularies , making ...
... occur within the individual neu- rones , but at the points where they join with each other . This point of connection is called the synapse and although we do not understand its exact nature , it may well be pictured as a valve that ...
... an alarm clock , and tell some one of your decision . Such efforts at the start " will give your new beginning such a momentum that the temptation to break down will not occur as soon as it otherwise might 60 HOW TO USE YOUR MIND.
... occur as soon as it otherwise might ; and every day during which a breakdown is postponed adds to the chances of its not occurring at all . " Man has discovered the value of such devices during the course of his long history , and has ...
... occur , and you will find that when you start to compose the theme formally , it almost writes itself , requiring for the most part only expansion and arrangement of ideas . While thus organiz- ing the theme you will reap even more ...