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A Mind for Numbers is a companion guide to the popular Coursera course "Learning How to Learn." Author Barbara A. Oakley, an engineering professor who once failed high school math and science and served in the Army, shares the mental strategies she used to transform herself into a confident mathematics and science learner. The book explains how creative, analytical, and relaxed thinking work together in mastering problems, and presents techniques that apply not only to math and science but to any challenging subject. Oakley draws on study and teaching principles, psychological aspects of learning, mathematics, and educational psychology to help students and career‑changers acquire confidence and skill in quantitative disciplines.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Education & Language/Education
Authors: Barbara A. Oakley
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