Re:The Most Popular Online Course Teaches You to Learn (2015)
by dizzystar on Sunday September 18, 2016 @11:50AM
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It's okay to disagree with any of those bullets. I disagree with the entire hand out, but that's not relevant to the people it works for in whole or in part.
I'm a total autodidact. I've been doing it long enough that I know what works for me, but I know that many people don't have the base knowledge to do it, so if they need a resource on how to become a better self-learner (or be successful at coursera), at least it is a start.
Re:The Most Popular Online Course Teaches You to Learn (2015)
by sigusr1 on Sunday September 18, 2016 @02:47PM
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Testing/recall and spaced repetition well validated. Focus seems like a gimme. What are your specific problems?
Re:The Most Popular Online Course Teaches You to Learn (2015)
by cryodesign on Sunday September 18, 2016 @01:50PM
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Curious to know, what works for you?
Re:The Most Popular Online Course Teaches You to Learn (2015)
by Scarbutt on Sunday September 18, 2016 @04:12PM
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Not the parent but the most powerful technique for me is definitely doing recalling, and for this you definitely need to have patience.
Re:The Most Popular Online Course Teaches You to Learn (2015)
by tormeh on Sunday September 18, 2016 @09:35PM
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Totally agree. Besides, many textbooks are incredibly bad. Add in a low attention span like mine, and reading chapters start to end becomes an incredibly frustrating experience where I'm happy just to get through, let alone learn anything. That's similar to my issues with lectures, actually.
> 7. Neglecting to read the textbook before you start working problems.
I think it's a perfectly valid approach. I found that trying to solve the problems first helped me form questions which I would then seek to answer by reading the text. Of course then I would go back to the problems and try to solve them again. Rinse and repeat until I could solve them with confidence.