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The New York Times: Forget what you know about good studying habits
The contrast between the enormous popularity of the learning-styles approach within education and the lack of credible evidence for its utility is striking and disturbing.

The New York Times: Forget what you know about good studying habits

Sep 7, 2010 at 06:21
Benedict Carey writes:

Every September, millions of parents try a kind of psychological witchcraft, to transform their summer-glazed campers into fall students, their video-bugs into bookworms. Advice is cheap and all too familiar: Clear a quiet work space. Stick to a homework schedule. Set goals. Set boundaries. Do not bribe (except in emergencies). Read the story here.

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