10/24/2010

Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware - pdf

Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your WetwareBook Description
Together we’ll journey together through bits of cognitive and neuroscience, learning and behavioral theory. You’ll discover some surprising aspects of how our brains work, and see how you can beat the system to improve your own learning and thinking skills.In this book you’ll learn how to:

  • Use the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to become more expert
  • Leverage the architecture of the brain to strengthen different thinking modes
  • Avoid common “known bugs” in your mind
  • Learn more deliberately and more effectively
  • Manage knowledge more efficientlySoftware development happens in your head. Not in an editor, IDE, or design tool. It’s time to take a pragmatic approach to thinking and learning, and start to refactor-and redesign-your brain.

    About the Author
    Andy Hunt is a programmer turned consultant, author and publisher. He co-authored the best-selling book “The Pragmatic Programmer,” was one of the 17 founders of the Agile Alliance, and co-founded the Pragmatic Bookshelf, publishing award-winning and critically acclaimed books for software developers.

    Book Details

    • Paperback: 279 pages
    • Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf; illustrated edition edition (October 28, 2008)
    • Language: English
    • ISBN-10: 1934356050
    • ISBN-13: 978-1934356050

    • File Size: 7.4 MiB
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