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重新訓練你的大腦，看見你自己如何思考， 
你一定能把數理學好。 
你不是沒有天分，你只是不知道如何學習！ 

本書作者芭芭拉‧歐克莉教授，很知道害怕數學是怎麼一回事。她從小學到高中數學成績都不好，以為自己沒有數理天分。學校畢業進入職場工作之後，她發現，數學不好竟然妨礙了她的升遷。於是她回到校園重拾學生身分，從頭開始學習數學與其他科學。 

她從小地方開始調整：她改變讀書習慣，改變思考方式。更重要的是一項重大發現：學習數理科目的方式，與大腦的特性有密切關係。於是她善用大腦特性，建立新的習慣，逐漸掌握數學理科。後來她不但學會了，還學得呱呱叫。如今她在大學任教，而她教的可不是當年她拿手的語言文學，卻是她以為這輩子不可能學好的理科哩。 

她寫這本書，要與更多害怕數字的人分享她親身經歷過、確認有效的學習方法。 

本書從大腦神經科學和認知心理學的知識出發，帶領我們採用有效的方式學習。 
書分以下幾部： 
Part 1, 從大腦的特性重新認識學習數理科目這回事 
Part 2, 拖延造成的嚴重問題，以及如何改變拖延的習慣 
Part 3, 記憶力與學習的關係，以及怎樣增強記憶 
Part 4, 如何學得更深入，以及自學的價值 
Part 5, 最後，提供有效的讀書方法與有用的應考技巧 

◎針對學生面對數學的焦慮，本書從大腦神經元的特性特質出發，提出學習策略。 

◎關於學習的重要觀點：學習是一種創造性的過程，而不是在尋找唯一解答。 

◎特色：文字清晰，敘述簡明，深入淺出。態度親切，言語激勵人心。 

◎內容包含：關於學習的策略與技巧、腦神經科學的知識，既有抽象概念，也有具體步驟(觀念、方法) 、文圖並茂的解說方式、多位老高中生大學生以及各級學校老師的實際經歷分享。 


The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"

Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science courses, before enlisting in the army immediately after graduation. When she saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy severely limited her options—both to rise in the military and to explore other careers—she returned to school with a newfound determination to re-tool her brain to master the very subjects that had given her so much trouble throughout her entire life.

In A Mind for Numbers, Dr. Oakley lets us in on the secrets to learning effectively—secrets that even dedicated and successful students wish they’d known earlier. Contrary to popular belief, math requires creative, as well as analytical, thinking. Most people think that there’s only one way to do a problem, when in actuality, there are often a number of different solutions—you just need the creativity to see them. For example, there are more than three hundred different known proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem. In short, studying a problem in a laser-focused way until you reach a solution is not an effective way to learn. Rather, it involves taking the time to step away from a problem and allow the more relaxed and creative part of the brain to take over. The learning strategies in this book apply not only to math and science, but to any subject in which we struggle. We all have what it takes to excel in areas that don't seem to come naturally to us at first, and learning them does not have to be as painful as we might think!