CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dyslexia, Cognitive Deficit
28 May 2015
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Lecture #4: how cognitive science can help you through school. There are some interesting theories about learning styles, but scientific evidence that people have different learning styles is very weak. What this means is that some students and teachers are bad at learning and teaching, but it"s not the learning style that affects their ability to learn. Handwritten notes are better than typing notes because it forces the brain to mentally process what you are writing which invokes a deeper thinking process. You also get more distracted by the web. Multitasking is not real, people cannot do it. When people attempt to multitask they are reducing their performance in both tasks drastically. Writing is one of the most important skills to have in university. It is better to study in a variety of places as it increases retention of knowledge when studying in multiple environments. Sleep is necessary for encoding long-term memories.
