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Making up your own mind : thinking effectively through creative puzzle-solving / Edward B. Burger. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [(c)2018.Description: x, 123 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780691182780
  • 0691182787
Other title:
  • Making up your own mind
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BF449.B874.M355 2018
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Contents:
The academy: making meaning through impactful education : reframing how we view and define education so that we get more out of it The course: a lesson plan for life : sharing the Seinfeld of courses so you can experience it for yourself The practices: mindsets of effective thinking : offering practical, mindful practices that promote effective thinking The future: unleashing your inevitable genius : suggesting how to create your future by first creating yourself The puzzles: much ado about nothing : Presenting puzzles as a playground to practice effective thinking The prompts: Turning puzzles over in your mind : Generating thoughts through elements of effective thinking The insights: reflections on thinking through puzzles : discovering new perspectives through effective thinking The future has arrived : an invitation to apply effective thinking to the puzzles beyond this book.
Subject: Shows how we can become far better at solving real-world problems by learning creative puzzle-solving skills using simple, effective thinking techniques, such as how to ask good questions, how to fail and try again, how to change your mind, and more. Included are fun verbal and visual puzzles to use as practice. The goal is not to quickly solve each challenge but to come up with as many different ways of thinking about them as possible. As you see the puzzles in ever-greater depth, your mind will change, helping you to become a more imaginative and creative thinker in daily life.
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The academy: making meaning through impactful education : reframing how we view and define education so that we get more out of it The course: a lesson plan for life : sharing the Seinfeld of courses so you can experience it for yourself The practices: mindsets of effective thinking : offering practical, mindful practices that promote effective thinking The future: unleashing your inevitable genius : suggesting how to create your future by first creating yourself The puzzles: much ado about nothing : Presenting puzzles as a playground to practice effective thinking The prompts: Turning puzzles over in your mind : Generating thoughts through elements of effective thinking The insights: reflections on thinking through puzzles : discovering new perspectives through effective thinking The future has arrived : an invitation to apply effective thinking to the puzzles beyond this book.

Shows how we can become far better at solving real-world problems by learning creative puzzle-solving skills using simple, effective thinking techniques, such as how to ask good questions, how to fail and try again, how to change your mind, and more. Included are fun verbal and visual puzzles to use as practice. The goal is not to quickly solve each challenge but to come up with as many different ways of thinking about them as possible. As you see the puzzles in ever-greater depth, your mind will change, helping you to become a more imaginative and creative thinker in daily life.

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