Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects
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Like mentioned above though don't get caught up in optimization. Just make your cards and review them.
The specialty of that generation of MOOC teachers was similar to Ted talk hosts. Very inspiring and distracting from any actual learning on the idea that taking their course first is somehow optimizing instead of corrupting. Serious material is harder to study after getting dopamine hits for going through this entertainment.
Does the book offer significantly more detail or insight such that it's worth the purchase, even after watching his talk?
You just remember one rule, and try and incorporate to your life.
After somewhat long period of passive trial-and-error, you either integrate it or toss it.
After six months of this, you come back to it and maybe pick up one more.
That's the right way to do this. Not memorizing the rules here and trying to add it all to your life. That will lead to disaster.
Three concrete things I picked up from this course and integrated into my life:
- Exercise is really good for my brain. I exercise regularly now. Looking good in a proper shirt doesn't require you to exercise much. But I do it regularly for the brain.
- Recall over revision. When studying something for the second time, I try to recall rather than read the stuff again. I see exercise and quizzes in whole new light now.
- Background processing. Spend time doing something else, and a solution to a problem you weren’t actively thinking about magically appears.
The same goes for other techniques amd such. I only remember one of Feynman's five(?) learning techniques and practice it consciously and actively. The one that tells you to teach others.
I don't remember finishing this Coursera course, but it made my life better.
Ugh. No thanks. Anything with "Deep" unnecessarily in the name is an instant no-no for me these days.
Not that old insights don't sometimes turn out to be wrong, but more eyes have almost certainly scrutinized them.
It's not really groundbreaking or anything but I think it's useful.
Wouldn't put it on a MUST TAKE IT course list but it was worth it's time :)
I'd say it's a must have because it's easy and helpful. It's organized so that it's easy to take. I guess that shouldn't be surprising.
Will it give you better strategies to learn? - Maybe.
Will it make you reflect on your learning style? - Yes. Maybe this will help you learn better, which is obviously an insane return on investment over your lifetime.