TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
TI  - The power of mindful learning
SN  - 0201488396
AV  - LB1060 .L35 1997
U1  - 370.15/23 LAN 20
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Reading, Mass.
PB  - Addison-Wesley
KW  - Learning
KW  - Attention
KW  - Thought and thinking
KW  - Cognition
N1  - "Merloyd Lawrence book."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-156) and index; 1; When Practice Makes Imperfect --; 2; Creative Distraction --; 3; The Myth of Delayed Gratification --; 4; 1066 What? or the Hazards of Rote Memory --; 5; A New Look at Forgetting --; 6; Mindfulness and Intelligence --; 7; The Illusion of Right Answers
N2  - In business, sports, laboratories, or at home, our learning is hobbled by certain antiquated and pervasive misconceptions. In this pithy, liberating, and delightful book she gives us a fresh, new view of learning in the broadest sense. Such familiar notions as delayed gratification, "the basics", or even "right answers", are all incapacitating myths which Langer explodes one by one; She replaces them with her concept of mindful or conditional learning which she demonstrates, with fascinating examples from her research, to be extraordinarily effective. Mindful learning takes place with an awareness of context and of the ever-changing nature of information. Learning without this awareness, as Langer shows convincingly, has severely limited uses and often sets one up for failure
ER  -