Accelerated Learning

colin rose's "accelerated learning" is like sheila ostrander and lynn schroeder's "superlearning", where it discusses the "learning how to learn" techniques that are heavily based on the seminal work of dr georgi lozanov's "suggestology/suggestopedy". however, the former book is much better in presentation of facts and it discusses beyond dr lozanov's work. it is interesting to note that the book applies what it teaches. for example, the book has a highly visual "memory maps" at the end of each chapter that serves as a summary. however, i'm a little bit disappointed because of the book's lack of documentation, i.e., whenever there is presentation of an experimental study or a fact, the author occasionally fails to cite the source, whether from a book or from an academic journal. because of this, interested scholars are discouraged to trace the original source to look for evidence.

I'm not sure where Boo-Hiss Mithras got his information. I've READ the book and it is outstanding. It is extremely helpful in teaching you to learn faster. Further I've taken PhotoReading and when I went back to the university after 30 years I graduated with highest honors, directly attributible to PhotoReading, if that is snake oil, it is certainly effective. Also, I repeated the photoreading class, repeating the class is always FREE once you're a graduate. Members of the class included the Director of an 80 million dollar fund, the president of a corporation that came from Australia for the sole purpose of taking the course and a man who came from Holland, also with the sole purpose of taking the course. I think that is an indication of the quality of the results anyone can expect of taking the photoreading "snake oil" course. Also thanks to this book, photoreading, and the fact that I am willing to follow through with ordering other things from a proven source, I expect I will be fluent in spanish is a very short time. I found this book well written, enormously helpful and useful in too many ways to mention. I approve of being provided with information that I might want to follow up on, such as language courses and other things. If I don't want them I can always ignore them. If I want them an have to go looking it's takes time that I can use better elsewhere.

This is a clearly-written, easy-to-read book that is full of useful information. It provides numerous techniques that readers can apply to any learning situation.Some of it does, of necessity, review what may be old ground for some readers who have prevously encountered accelerated learning. And, of course, the authors do promote the fact that in-depth study of particular topics will require progressing to an in-depth home study course. Surprise, surprise. One would be naive to expect anything else.But nevertheless there is an immense amount of useful information throughout this entire book. It's an inexpensive investment and well worth anyone's time.

Tough reading to get through with many buzzwords that leave you feeling like you're catching feathers in a windstorm. However, principals defined are interesting and some seem to work for me. But to be clear, once again, there's no "magic" to learning and retaining knowledge - just hard work. This approach has some merit - but requires hard work.

Whether you are a student, teacher, or just someone who wants to learn how to learn, this is your book! It shows you how to M.A.S.T.E.R. you mind! It shows students how to learn what they need to for school. For teachers it shows you some of the best ways to teach! It has some of the best methods that I have ever seen for accelerated learning. If you want to up your learning abilities to their max then this is your book!