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Learning How to Learn Efficiently

scroung720 on August 25, 2020

Hello everyone. As you know there are lots of information about programming and related topics. Sometimes is really frustrating to constantly be go...
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Juan F Gonzalez

Nice post!
Indeed, that course of Barbara Oakley is really good for all meta-learning concepts.

For more depth on the concepts of 'Focused' and 'Diffused' modes, I recommend the book by Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow.

Also, as a general suggestion for the following articles, take it easy on the gifs. They can be distracting to an otherwise very interesting post.

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Tom • Edited

Yes, the amount of GIFs made me skip this post entirely. I find it very distracting when something is moving on the screen while I try to read.

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scroung720

Thank you for the feedback. In fact, I was wondering about gifs. I am going to try with fewer gifs next time.

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Marco Ibarra

I know a few commenters felt a little iffy about the use of gifs, but may I say:

  • Your use of emojis was on point.

Sharing these ideas and associating them to clear & efficient visual cues requires an eye for minimalist communication and effective memory association. And you definitely have it!

Awesome article for those of us ramping up on new areas of knowledge.

Keep it up! 👍

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TimidDrano

Your post is very insightful. Made me recall my personal eureka moments and how they came about. I'd so much love to practice this more often.
Also, I'd prefer more emojis to gifs. Emojis tend to be more subtle in emphasizing content 😊.

Thank you.

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scroung720

Thank you reading and thank you for your valuable feedback.

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Corentin Bettiol

I love those "learn how to learn" posts, they are very useful :)

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Juan F Gonzalez

They are indeed. I like how the topic is no longer an obscure science by some researchers but is being brought to the public. And hopefully, we have an increase in 'professional learners'

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Miriam Tocino

I agree! It’s especially important for programmers, since the overwhelm caused by the amount of information is not sustainable.

I wish learning how to learn would be taught in ever computer science degree!

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scroung720

You are completely right! I was thinking about it while writing this post as something I wish was taught at universities.

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Miriam Tocino

Yes! It might come. 💫

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Corentin Bettiol

We had a "invent a new lesson for young people (8-10 years)" lesson this year, and we choose a course titled "learn how to learn on internet", and it was great to think on how younger people might use the web to find informations :)

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Michael Currin • Edited

Thanks for sharing. Spot on! This matches up with talks and articles. Like the TED talks titled Need inspiration, go for a walk.
I read about how memory recall improved after sleep in an experiment.

And someone recommended in a post to walk the long way to work and do the dishes and go for a shower etc. knowing that your frame might come up with something when not focusing. Thanks for teaching me about "diffuse", I haven't heard of that.

A lot of problem solving in code or coming up with ideas happens when I am not at my laptop. Maybe alone or talking to people or watching a YT video which sparks off an idea... "Hmm I wonder if I could make a database using only gists? It's so crazy it might actually work!"

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scroung720

Doing the dishes works for me. It is incredible efficient and I am cleaning my home lol.

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Arthur Kateeba

My mindset has been change just by reading your article and I am looking for forward to your next..

I am going to focus on those points you highlighted to better my learning experience and make it more enjoyable.

Thanks.

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Daniel Ivanov

I like your article. But, please, don't use gifs images next time :)

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Maria del Carmen Santiago

I kinda like the gifs... just not as many. One or two is fine (even better if they are at the end).

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scroung720

Thank you for your suggestions.

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scroung720

Thank you for reading. This feedback is very useful.

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Jang Rush

Hello, I'd like to translate this insightful article to Chinese. Can you give me the permission? Translated text will be published at nextfe.com.

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scroung720

with a reference to this original article and author. Of course.

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Jang Rush

Chinese translation: nextfe.com/learning-how-to-learn-e... There is a backlink at the beginning of the translated text.

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scroung720

This is amazing. Thanks.

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Lex

Also I took that course..cool😉😁👍✌️

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Fernando dos Santos

Thank you to share!

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Chris Bongers

Wow, really like this article, might just be the GIFS 🤟