Rodger – Holistic learning can definitely be applied to practical problems, that’s the point. What holistic learning does is it gives you a complete understanding so that you can then solve problems from that understanding. While rote memorization would reinforce a specific strategy for solving problem, holistic learning would allow multiple paths to the same understanding.

I think that someone that already is an holistic learner at a certain extent, can “feel” the process that you explain, and to improve his learning style by consciously applying what you point out in your ebook. But for everyone else, some practical examples in which you apply the process may be very useful. In fact, I think that someone learn more starting with practical applications and by constructing his own conceptual model, and other ones by learning an already given model.

For example, perhaps the diagrams that you describe in “How to ace your finals exam without studying” could be helpful.

However, I’ve really enjoyed your ebook. Thank you for your very useful work, Scott!

Learning and academics have always been naturally easy for me, so I never really paid too much attention to *how* I learned. It’s something that I’m paying more attention to now.

I probably do some of what you mention in the book, but not all of it. I would guess that my natural learning style is somewhere in between pure holistic and pure rote.

I remember spending time studying, going over notes, doing some problems, etc., but nowhere near as much as some of my other classmates.

Now that I don’t have any more tests to take , I lean more toward the holistic side than the rote side.

Do you think holistic learning also works well for practical knowledge, like learning the process of solving physics problems, or is it better for purely theoretical knowledge?

http://creativecommons.org/

such as this one:

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At least, I think that this is a good idea.
However, great work!