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Learning is life-long and not limited to the classroom. Learning how to learn is an extremely underrated skill. This MOC focuses on the science of learning, helpful techniques, and related topics.
Personal Learning System + Improvement
Creating a personal study plan using ChatGPT
Studying
Learning Complex Skills
Focus switching can be a way to look at complex skills by choosing to pay extra attention to a certain aspect of the skill, and rotating to different aspects, and then coming back to the holistic skill you’re trying to improve in the first place.
Understanding Complex Subjects
The Feynman Technique: understanding something by talking through it and teaching others, finding holes in your understanding, and returning the source material. Rinse and repeat.
Priming: activating relevant background knowledge or schemas in your mind before you engage with new information. Influences how efficiently and what lens you process new info.
1. Preview: Briefly skim the headings, introduction, or key points of your study material before reading in detail.
2. Review: Quickly go over previously learned material that relates to the new information you’re about to study.
3. Mind Maps: Visually represent the relationships between different concepts to activate relevant schemas.
4. Ask Questions: Before you start reading, come up with some questions about the topic based on your existing knowledge.
5. Analogies and Metaphors: Relate new information to something you already know and understand to make it easier to grasp.
Using a reading plan can help structure your learning, and actually keep you motivated!