【Coursera】经典课程

Learning How to Learn

Key Point

1. Diffused Model & Focused Model

When you pay your undivided attention to doing something, your brain will form a working model named the Focused Model.

The focused Model helps you to handle your work logically, but if you want something more creative, you have to change your thinking model.

2. Memory

Long-term memory and working memory.

working memory only has four chunks.

Space repetition will help short-term memory turn to long-term memory.

Enough sleep is essential for this process.

sleep is actually your brain’s way of keeping itself clean and healthy.

A critical idea: Dream about what you want.

Dreaming about what you’re studying can substantially enhance your ability to understand it.

3. Emotion

Asking questions to keep your attention.

You learn more by active engagement rather than passive listening.

In essence, a lot of success in life is that passion and persistence.

4. Productive environment

You should be surrounded by other people who are stimulating you.

5. Exercise

Exercise not only can re-build your neuron connections, but also boost mood.

6. Chunk

Basically, a chunk is a network of neurons that used to firing together.

How to form a chunk:

The first step in chunking is simply to focus your undivided attention on the information you want to chunk.
The second step in chunking is to understand the basic idea you are trying to chunk.
The third step to chunk is gaining context, so you can see not just how, but also where to use this chunk.

7. Recall

You often realize that the first time you actually understand something is when you can actually do it by yourself.

To avoid being caught in the illusions of competence, after you’ve read the material, simply look away, and see what you can recall from the material you’ve just read.

Testing yourself. Mistakes can help you correct your thinking, so you can learn better and do better.

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