Change Your Brain, Change Your Grades
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Grades

The Secrets of Successful Students: Science-Based Strategies to Boost Memory, Strengthen Focus, and Study Faster

  1. 217 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Change Your Brain, Change Your Grades

The Secrets of Successful Students: Science-Based Strategies to Boost Memory, Strengthen Focus, and Study Faster

About this book

A breakthrough approach to optimize your brain, change your habits, and succeed in school, from a renowned neuroscientist and bestselling author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

Do you feel like you should be getting better grades? Are you spending more time studying than the A students in your class but not getting the same results? Are you heading back to school after a long break and need a refresher to get more done in less time?

With schools becoming more competitive and technology becoming increasingly distracting, today's students face a minefield of obstacles to academic success. Doing well in school isn't just a matter of smarts or more studying: It takes good habits, practical tools—and a healthy brain.

Brain health pioneer Dr. Daniel Amen knows what it takes to get the brain ready to succeed. Change Your Brain, Change Your Grades draws on Dr. Amen's experience as a neuroscientist and psychiatrist as well as the latest brain science to help you study more effectively, learn faster, and stay focused so you can achieve your academic goals. This practical guide will help you:

  • Discover your unique brain type and learning style

  • Kick bad habits and adopt smarter study practices

  • Get more out of your classes with less overall study time

  • Memorize faster and remember things longer

  • Increase your confidence and beat stress

    For underachievers, stressed-out studiers, and students from middle school to college and beyond, Change Your Brain, Change Your Grades gives you the knowledge and tools you need to get the best out of yourself.
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    Information

    Year
    2019
    eBook ISBN
    9781948836869

    Table of contents

    1. Cover
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. Dedication
    5. Contents
    6. Introduction: Change Your Brain, Change Your Grades Is Directed at You
    7. 1. Optimize Your Brain: The First Step to More Success in School
    8. 2. Know Your Brain Type: Even If You Never Get Scanned
    9. 3. Changing Habits: How to Swap Old Ways for Smarter Strategies
    10. 4. In the Beginning: Preparation for Learning
    11. 5. The Big Picture: From Generalizations to Specifics
    12. 6. Get Organized: Organizing Your Classes, Your Time, and Yourself
    13. 7. Methods to Success: Methods of Study
    14. 8. It’s a Class Act: Class Skills
    15. 9. Parietal Relations: Memorize Faster with Better Retention
    16. 10. Two Heads Are Better than None: Studying with a Partner
    17. 11. Go to the Source: A Practical Approach to Teachers
    18. 12. Pressurize Your Cabin: Preparing for and Taking Tests
    19. 13. Letting Yourself Out: Writing and Speaking
    20. 14. Killing the ANTs: How to Feel Good Every Day
    21. 15. Wrapping the Present: Getting the Best Out of Yourself
    22. Appendix A: 107 BRIGHT MINDS Ways to Grow Your Brain
    23. Appendix B: Amen Clinic Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire
    24. Resources
    25. References
    26. About the Author
    27. Gratitude and Appreciation

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