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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... recall almost the entire lecture ; you will also be able to supply missing parts from memory . Some students make it a rule to reduce all class - notes to type- written form soon after the lecture . This is an excellent practice , but ...
... Recall and Recognition . Any act of memory involves them all . There is first a stage when the material is being impressed ; second , a stage when it is being retained so that it may be revived in the future ; third , a stage of recall ...
... recall the name ? Go slowly , then , in impressing material for the first time . As look up the words of a foreign language in the lexicon , trying to memorize their you English equivalents , take plenty of time . Get a 72 HOW TO USE ...
... recall in visual terms , but depend to greater extent upon sounds . When asked to think about their instructor , they do it in terms of his voice . When asked to conjugate a French verb , they hear it pronounced mentally but do not see ...
... background , thus forming visual stuff which can easily be recalled . If , on the contrary , you remem- ber best the things that you hear , you may find it a good plan to read your lessons aloud FIRST AIDS TO MEMORY 75.