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Re:“Learning How to Learn,” the most popular course on Coursera by davidgrenier on Thursday August 24, 2017 @05:56PM (#15094393)
The course emphasizes how memory works, you would think that to remember things you have to write the information well-enough in it so it sticks. But in reality, the information has been there the first time around the issue for the brain is finding the information like locating a product in a large warehouse.

It is the process of recall that makes things stick to memory as opposed to repeated memorization. Working on several subjects at a time spaces out sessions and prevents the illusion that you have access to the knowledge you worked for when in fact you don't.

Re:“Learning How to Learn,” the most popular course on Coursera by jamestimmins on Thursday August 24, 2017 @06:18PM (#15094546)
Very interesting. Thanks for the info. I honestly haven't given much thought to how much I recall; I figured that I remembered what I remembered and that was that. Perhaps that should receive more attention.