Learning How To Learn
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Roadmap
Develop a growth mindset
How do we think?
How to deal with procrastination?
How our brain processes work?
How to learn?
Roadmap
Develop a growth mindset
How do we think?
How to deal with procrastination?
How our brain processes work?
How to learn?
Roadmap
Develop a growth mindset
How do we think?
How to deal with procrastination?
How our brain processes work?
How to learn?
Focused
Thought Thought
• Focused:
• Works on known neural pathways.
• Diffuse
• Works more widely;
• New neural connections can be formed;
• It doesn't finish the understanding or solution, but it can
get you to the starting point
Thomas Edison
Salvador Dali
When we are learning something
new, your mind needs to work in
focused and diffused modes.
Helps to get into Diffused mode.
Exercise also helps to get
into Diffuse mode.
Roadmap
Develop a growth mindset
How do we think?
How to deal with procrastination?
How our brain processes work?
How to learn?
When we start working on something we don't
want, brain areas associated with pain are
activated!
But …
Shortly after you start working on something you
don't like, the neural discomfort disappears.
Procrastination
Student syndrome
ever-increasing practice of leaving a lot of work until the last moment
How to not procastinate?
THE POMODORO TECHNIQUE
1 2 3 4 5
Decide the task
you'd like to get
done
Set the timer
to 25 minutes
Work on the task
until the alarm
sounds
Take a 5 minutes break Take a 15 minutes break
Repeat four times
Focus on the PROCESS
and not on the product!
Roadmap
Develop a growth mindset
How do we think?
How to deal with procrastination?
How our brain processes work?
How to learn?
How does memory work?
LONG TERM
➢ Remember some formula, algorithm, events, words ...
Two Types
of Memory
SHORT TERM
➢ Things you're currently dealing with
Short Term Memory
How much information can we keep?
Four slots
202-555-0178
202-555-0178 ?
How to deal with complex problems with such
a small working memory?
Storing pieces of information
In other words, learning, becoming more intelligent,
means “fitting more information” into one short
memory slot.
Roadmap
Develop a growth mindset
How do we think?
How to deal with procrastination?
How our brain processes work?
How to learn?
Learning means creating a neural pattern
Practice makes perfect
Building strong neural structures
All at once
a little bit every day
Spaced Repetition
Rereading the book or slides is inefficient (an exception is if there is a lot of
time between readings)
The best solution is ... TRY TO REMEMBER ... TEST YOURSELF!
Beware of illusions of Competence:
Watch a video and think you've learned the subject
See a solution and understand it and think you've learned
The biggest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it
is the illusion of competence!
Have an overview of the area
(take a look at the book or
Take an Example
the course program) ... Big
Picture
A simple
way
to learn
anything
Do it Repeat in different contexts
Passive learning Active learning
Watch a lecture Recall concepts
Read a book Solve exercises
Follow a tutorial Work on projects
Listen to a podcast Teach others
Listen to a recorded lecture Participate on debates
Read a slide Share you learning (write a blog
post)
Passive learning Active learning
Watch a lecture Recall concepts
Read a book Solve exercises
Follow a tutorial Work on projects
Listen to a podcast Teach others
Listen to a recorded lecture Participate on debates
Read a slide Share you learning (write a blog
post)
Should be around 60% to 70% of your study time
The act of writing (pencil and
paper!) Increases the efficiency
of the formation of neural
pathways ... Improves
learning!
Writing (pencil and paper) boosts your
potential to create neural patterns
Summary
We need to work in focused and diffuse modes to learn;
Trying to learn everything in one session is the worst possible solution;
Not sleeping or not exercising is a bad idea;
To learn something complex, you need time;
Beware of illusions of competence
