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02324aam a2200313 a 4500 001 7EEC1CF44CDA11E7A75DCED3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170609010334 008 980715t19981997maua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780201339918 020 $a 0201339919 035 $a (OCoLC)39489123 040 $a VPW $b eng $c VPW $d JYJ $d BAKER $d YDXCP $d OCLCG $d NOR $d ITJCU $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d IOC $d SILO 050 4 $a LB1060 $b .L35 1998 100 1 $a Langer, Ellen J., $d 1947- 245 14 $a The power of mindful learning $c Ellen J. Langer. 260 $a Reading, Mass. $b Perseus Books $c 1998, ©1997 300 $a xii, 167 pages $b illustrations $c 21 cm 500 $a "Merloyd Lawrence book." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index. 505 00 $t About the author. $t Introduction -- $g 7. $t When practice makes imperfect -- $t Overlearned skills -- $t Whose basics? -- $t The value of doubt -- $t Sideways learning -- $t Can a text teach mindfully? -- $g 2. $t Creative distraction -- $t The puzzle of "attention" -- $t Enhancing novelty -- $t Soft vigilance -- $t Rethinking attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- $g 3. $t The myth of delayed gratification -- $t All works and no play -- $t Turning play into work -- $t Turning work in to play -- $g 4. $t 1066 what? or The hazards of rote memory -- $t Locking up information -- $t Keeping information available -- $t Drawing distinctions -- $g 5. $t A new look at forgetting -- $t Staying in the present -- $t The dangers of mindless memory -- $t Absentminded versus other minded? -- $t Does memory decline? -- $t Alternative views of memory and aging -- $g 6. $t Mindfulness and intelligence -- $t Nineteenth-century theories of intelligence -- $t The notion of optimum fit -- $t An alternative ability -- $t Linear versus mindful problem solving -- $g 7. $t The illusion of right answers -- $t Hobbled by outcomes -- $t Actor/observer and other perspectives -- $t Uncertainty and creative thought -- $t When right becomes wrong -- $t Mindfulness and self-definition -- $t Learning as re-imagining the world -- $t Notes -- $t Index -- $t About the author. 650 0 $a Learning 650 0 $a Attention 650 0 $a Thought and thinking 650 0 $a Cognition 941 $a 1 952 $l URAX314 $d 20170609033519.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7EEC1CF44CDA11E7A75DCED3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IOCInitiate Another SILO Locator Search