The New Science Of Learning By Terry Doyle And Todd Zakrajsek

The skills and resources I have learned over the course of this class will help me achieve my goals in a number of ways. I will go over three of the most useful resources the class has given me and discuss how they will help me achieve my goals. First up is the book “The New Science of Learning” by Terry Doyle and Todd Zakrajsek. This book has a load of useful tips and tricks relating to academic learning, as well as useful skills that will help in many ways throughout everyday life. There were two main takeaways I got from this book. One was related to sleep cycle. Earlier I had always neglected sleep, preferring to stay up either working or relaxing, and this often had negative impacts on me, I would wake up tired, inefficient, requiring naps every few hours to stay functioning, and in general I was a bit of a

After reading up on the importance of sleep and not falling into sleep debt, I tried to revise my sleep schedule. This led to me feeling much better every day, and I am now more efficient and effective in my learning. This will undoubtedly allow me to fulfill my goals by allowing me to be more efficient, energetic, and mentally awake. The growth mindset is another major takeaway from the book. As the book says “One thing about human intelligence is absolutely certain: it is malleable” (Doyle and Zakrajsek 96). A growth mindset is a mindset that allows you to constantly learn through your experiences, whether they are positive or negative, and seek chances to grow their own intelligence. I am in the process of attempting to change my mindset to a growth mindset, so that I can fully utilize my experience to accomplish my goals, by utilizing this mindset, using my experiences to achieve my goals will be very doable, and everything from my academic goals to my resume goals will be easier as a result of a new