{"id":8151,"date":"2018-12-28T10:41:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T17:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=8151"},"modified":"2019-05-06T04:40:18","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T12:40:18","slug":"learning-how-to-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/28\/learning-how-to-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning How to Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/barbaraoakley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/LHTL.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The most popular online course of all-time is called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/learning-how-to-learn\">Learning How to Learn<\/a>, taught by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbara_Oakley\">Barbara Oakley<\/a>, a professor of engineering and author of many books on learning math and science, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terry_Sejnowski\">Terry Sejnowski<\/a>, one of the foremost experts on cognitive neuroscience.<\/p>\n<p>This course has been wildly popular, and indeed it is how many of you found me. (Barb interviews me in a later section of the course.)<\/p>\n<p>While the course is fantastic, and I strongly recommend you give it a look (it\u2019s free), I wanted to let you know that the two course instructors have just published a book containing the important findings of the course and learning research.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Learning-How-Learn-Spending-Studying\/dp\/0143132547\">Learning How to Learn<\/a> (the book), is a great guide for anyone who wants to look at ways you can improve your learning abilities, grounded in psychological and neurological science.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the useful ideas I got from the course and book were:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why mind wandering can sometimes be beneficial for solving hard problems<\/li>\n<li>How your brain organizes information and builds up understandings<\/li>\n<li>Which supplementary habits in your life are essential for learning<\/li>\n<li>How you can take advantage of spacing, interleaving and other effects to remember more with the same amount of total time spent studying<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On top of these practical ideas, the book covers a lot of ideas on how the brain works, so you can have a better understanding of what is going on when you try to learn. This gives you a conceptual understanding to help evaluate different ideas you may encounter in the future.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve also been told the two have created a new version of their popular MOOC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/learning-how-to-learn-youth\">Learning How to Learn for Youth<\/a>, which is a condensed version geared at middle, high-school and college students who want the practical advice in less time.<\/p>\n<p>These are great resources, in case you haven\u2019t found them already. I highly recommend it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most popular online course of all-time is called Learning How to Learn, taught by Barbara Oakley, a professor of engineering and author of many books on learning math and science, and Terry Sejnowski, one of the foremost experts on cognitive neuroscience. 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