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Re:Ask HN: How to learn new things better? by dmacjam on Monday January 02, 2017 @06:50AM (#13300613)
If somebody prefer a book instead, one of the recommended books for this course is book [1] Make it stick: The science of successful learning. The book is written by several cognitive scientist and it contains many useful tricks about learning. Here you can find a short summary containing main ideas of the book [2].

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Make-Stick-Science-Successful-Learnin...

[2] http://dmacjam.github.io/books/2016/10/01/make-it-stick/

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Re:Ask HN: How to learn new things better? by zwischenzug on Monday January 02, 2017 @10:37AM (#13301682)
I read this (similar) book recently and using the techniques in it I passed the AWS exams in a short space of time: https://www.amazon.com/How-We-Learn-Surprising-Happens/dp/08...
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