Professor Elam

Sunday Jan 29, 2012

I spotted this book in Texas Monthly. SMart Thinking has six great reviews here at Amazon. 

Sounds like a good read to me!  Oddly there are few to no courses on how to succeed in college. Looks like this would be a GOOD START. Here is one review.

Art Markman is a leader in the field of cognitive psychology and is someone who has made an impressive career by studying how people think. His book Smart Thinking is, well, smart. Engagingly written, Markman describes the most effective ways for people to approach, think about, and learn about new problems. 

This should be required reading for any student coming to college, new employee starting a career, or anyone who wants to be more thoughtful in life. Part "how-to" and part good science, this is a fun book to read. When you're finished, you will have a better understanding of how toilets flush, why proverbs are helpful, and why multitasking is evil.