How Do We Learn?

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Post by severine » Thu, Mar 01, 2018, 1:18 PM UTC

Re: How Do We Learn?

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Post by atticusberg » Thu, Mar 01, 2018, 1:24 PM UTC

Any suggestions for further reading? In particular a book geared towards people who aren’t domain experts would be great

Re: How Do We Learn?

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Post by gregjwild » Thu, Mar 01, 2018, 1:36 PM UTC

atticusberg wrote: post #2

Any suggestions for further reading? In particular a book geared towards people who aren’t domain experts would be great

Brain Rules by John Medina and Make it Stick by Peter Brown are pretty good, and not too tough going. In terms of the mechanics of memory, they're pretty good particularly.

Re: How Do We Learn?

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Post by severine » Thu, Mar 01, 2018, 1:36 PM UTC

atticusberg wrote: post #2

Any suggestions for further reading? In particular a book geared towards people who aren’t domain experts would be great

The Lakoff book linked looks approachable.

Re: How Do We Learn?

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Post by zappo2938 » Thu, Mar 01, 2018, 1:49 PM UTC

Sal Khan is a fan of Carol Dweck's Growth Midset.[0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtKJrB5rOKs

Re: How Do We Learn?

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Post by ThomPete » Thu, Mar 01, 2018, 1:51 PM UTC

atticusberg wrote: post #2

Any suggestions for further reading? In particular a book geared towards people who aren’t domain experts would be great

"Mindstorms" by Seymour Papert is a must read IMO.

Re: How Do We Learn?

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Post by bullen » Thu, Mar 01, 2018, 1:58 PM UTC

This is why it's important to keep multiple projects going simultaneously.

Each project needs time for the brain to digest in order to make the right decisions.

You save time by going slow, but async. parallel.

Re: How Do We Learn?

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Post by et15 » Thu, Mar 01, 2018, 2:08 PM UTC

I took a Coursera course titled Learning How to Learn[0] and found it really helpful as an intro class to this "field". It was also very practical.

[0] https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn

Re: How Do We Learn?

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Post by O_H_E » Thu, Mar 01, 2018, 2:10 PM UTC

et15 wrote: post #8

I took a Coursera course titled Learning How to Learn[0] and found it really helpful as an intro class to this "field". It was also very practical. [0] https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn

I Recommend this coarse, currently enrolled in

Re: How Do We Learn?

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Post by neves » Thu, Mar 01, 2018, 2:22 PM UTC

atticusberg wrote: post #2

Any suggestions for further reading? In particular a book geared towards people who aren’t domain experts would be great

From the most popular MOOC of all times, "Learning How to Learn", there is this book: https://barbaraoakley.com/books/a-mind-for-numbers/ Although the "numbers" in the title, the book is about any kind of learning.

I also like "Refactoring your Wetware": https://pragprog.com/book/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-learn...