528: Short Summer Series: Erin Suggests Books
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We’ve made it to June! Hang in there if you have a few more weeks of school. We typically do shorter episodes in the summer and this year, Megan and Erin will take turns sharing different resources to help you improve your study skills, college planning, and grades. Today Erin shares to books that offer insight into how we think and learn: * Learning Outside the Lines by two Ivy League graduates with learning differences, Jonathan Mooney and David Cole. * Outsmart Your Brain by Daniel Willingham helps teachers and students understand why learning is hard and how you can make it easy.
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