Note: This is a guest post from Scott Young of Learning on Steroids
We’ve been taught how to study, but not how to learn.
That’s the only conclusion I can draw when I watch otherwise intelligent people spend hours cramming for exams, while failing to understand the material being taught.
Studying tends to focus on repetition. If you [...]

Note: This is a guest post from Bob Hartzell of Get Degrees
When I went to college, I was right out of high school, overwhelmed by the freedom and very quickly baffled by the academic expectations. Today’s college students are often much more mature, more experienced – and in many cases, returning to school to improve [...]

As you may know, Amazon has a best-seller list that shows the hottest books at the moment. I often browse it to find interesting books to read. Not surprisingly, the list is dominated by newly-published books.
This makes me curious: is there a book that remains in the list years after its initial publication? If there [...]

In The Medici Effect (here is my review), there’s a term I’m interested in: the Intersection. It’s a place where ideas and experiences from different fields meet and form new ideas. It’s a fascinating place to be because excitement from different fields come together at one place. Even more, you can get a lot of [...]

Note: This is a guest post from Jonathan Beebe of Develop Minds
You may know all the reasons why you should keep a journal, but if you’ve never written in a journal before, or have limited experience with it, you may not exactly know how to get started. You’ve got your notebook out, and a blank [...]

Note: This is a guest post by Amber Hensley of Online College
While you might already be ahead of the game if you are studying at all, you might as well make the most of the time you spend preparing for class and ensure that all those hours you put into reviewing notes and reading chapters [...]