Page 65 - A Mind For Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science

Both top-down, big-picture learning, and bottom-up chunking are important in becoming an expert
in math and science.

NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP

“I tell my students that internalizing the accounting fundamentals is like internalizing how to
type on a keyboard. In fact, as I write this myself, I’m not thinking of the act of typing, but
of formulating my thoughts—the typing comes naturally. My mantra at the end of each
class is to tell students to look at the Debit and Credit Rules as well as the Accounting
Equation just before they tuck themselves in at night. Let those be the last things they
repeat to themselves before falling asleep. Well, except meditation or prayers, of course!”

—Debra Gassner Dragone, Accounting Instructor, University of Delaware