A while ago I received a mail from Marjolein. She wrote that she had read a book of Mark Tigchelaar about reading and memorising. The book refers to the software you can use when reading texts on a screen. The difference in screen and paper Research has shown that we…
Sometimes I mention books that are handy, useful or necessary, or all of the above. I found another useful book for you. A book that can help you to getting published in English, something you can’t avoid as a PhD student. And you will find it is not an easy…
Many PhD students read and study a lot. Sometimes you do wonder how you can improve your learning. In this article I would like to suggest some recommendations, which are based on an article of the Association for Psychological Science. Why is it necessary to evaluate how you learn and…
Tom Wujec is a very interesting and inspiring man. He loves visualising, solving wicked problems, improving cooperation and inventing solutions. By asking people to draw a picture of how to make toast, many surprising aspects show up. How can this help you with your research? Very simple. Tom…
Sometimes you come across very useful books. That recently happened to me with two books by Jacques Raubenheimer. Books specifically for PhD students, about a subject you do not expect a book to cover it – at least, I did not expect is. One is about Microsoft Word, and one about Mendeley.…
Mindmaps are a very useful tool, for instance to make summaries or to brainstorm about the content of your new article or presentation. I found a useful tool for that: coggle.it, so am curious to find out what you think of it. Do you use other tools for mind mapping?…
