{"product_id":"grasp-9781472139115","title":"Grasp","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Sarma''s book may be the most important work on education written this century'' - \u003ci\u003eSkeptic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the head of Open Learning at MIT, Sanjay Sarma has a daunting job description: to fling open the doors of the MIT experience for the benefit of the wider world. But if you''re going to undertake such an ambitious project, you must first ask: How exactly does learning work? What conditions are most conducive? Are our traditional classroom methods - lecture, homework, test, repeat - actually effective? And if not, which techniques are?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrasp\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers across multiple frontiers, from fundamental neuroscience to cognitive psychology and beyond, as it explores the future of learning. For instance:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       Scientists are studying the role of forgetting, exposing it not as a simple failure of memory but a critical weapon in our learning arsenal\u003cbr\u003e       New developments in neuroimaging are helping us understand how reading works in the brain. It''s b\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sarma's book may be the most important work on education written this century' - \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSkeptic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compelling... Delightful as well as convincing in its plea that educators place learning over winnowing and access over exclusivity' \u003cb\u003e- Kirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eGrasp \u003c\/i\u003eis an absolute pleasure to read ... An important contribution to the literature on learning science and higher education change ... \u003ci\u003eGrasp \u003c\/i\u003ecan provide the foundations of what learning-science-informed teaching might look like, with some fantastic real-world examples' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInside Higher Ed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A remarkable book, both lively and scholarly. I strongly recommend it for anyone interested in the history of ideas about learning and who is interested in improving teaching and learning' \u003cb\u003e- Henry L. Roediger, III, co-author of \u003ci\u003eMake it Stick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An amazing book... The authors provide an overview of the neural and cognitive processes that support learning...They make a convincing case that students have an amazing capacity to learn' \u003cb\u003e- Robert A. Bjork, Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology, UCLA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47851721490775,"sku":"9781472139115","price":11.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472139115.jpg?v=1710642506","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/grasp-9781472139115","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}