Why a Thinker's Guide on How to Study and Learn a Discipline ? How to Use This Guide Part Ⅰ: Laying the Foundation 18 ideas for Becoming a Master Student How to Study and Learn a Discipline How to Learn with Discipline How to Identify an Underlying Idea for the Subjects You Study Understanding Content Through the Thinking It Requires:A Key to Deep Learning How to Identify the Structure of a Subject:The Elements of Thought How to Figure Out the Form of Thinking Essential to Courses or Subjects How to Think Within the Ideas of a Subject How to Analyze the Logic of an Article, Essay, or Chapter How to Figure Out the Logic of a Textbook How to Understand Ideas How to Control (and Not Be Controlled by) Ideas How to Understand Reading, Writing,Speaking, Listening, and Thinking How to Learn Ideas from Textbooks Part Ⅱ:Following Through How Good a Student Are You ? How to Think Through the Defining Traits of the Disciplined Mind How to Understand Intellectual Standards How to Evaluate an Author's Reasoning How to Raise Important Questions Within a Subject How to Distinguish One-System from Competing-Systems Disciplines How to Ask Questions About Fields of Study How to Ask Questions About Textbooks How to Understand the Logic of Biochemistry(An Example) How to Think Biologically (An Example) How to Think Historically (An Example) How to Understand the Logic of Philosophy, Sociology,and Archaeology (Three Final Examples) How to Understand the Role of Questions in Thinking and Learning How to Distinguish Inert Information and Activated Ignorance from Activated Knowledge A Test to Repeat in Every Class and Subject