There is a lot in this book. I will reread it at some point. Each of the below points is very deep. I'm trying to restate them in my own way. This will take some time.
Which is an important point of the book-- real learning takes time and effort.
Find Value
Create Targets. Have specific goals.
Develop Knowledge and skills. Get feedback on your performance.
Extend Expertise
Relate Skills
Rethink Understanding
Set Expectations
Break It Up
Promote Focus
Support Mistakes
Use Analogies
Promote Review
Update as of Jan 13, 2020...
key ideas...
To learn material, practice restating key ideas in your own words. Rereading isn't the best way to learn.
"People will often reread material, for instance, even though it's a weak approach to learning, or they'll use highlighters, which have very limited research base."
"Retrieval practice doesn't have to be written down, either. When I was in college, I worked as a teaching assistant for a class that relied on a form of retrieval practice, and once a week, I would gather a group of students a classroom and ask them rapid fire questions. The calss was relatively short, but it was easy to see the effects of the free-recall type of practice, and the more the students retrieved their knowledge, the more they learned."
"To paraphrase Davis, then, the thing to judge in any learner is, does he or she expand and have new ideas."
"Do not simply reread" Deslauriers would explain. "Attempt to 'do' each learning goal by generating your own explanations"
Polya's systemic approach to problem solving...
1. Understanding.
2. Devising a plan
3. Carrying out the plan
4. Looking back and learning from the solutions.
Read emails out load before hitting send. It makes it simpler to find gaffes and grammatical errors.
"It's more important to think about what you're doing, than it is to do it" Ray Magliozzi
'Do not simply reread' Deslauriers would explain "Attopt to 'do' each learning by by
Which is an important point of the book-- real learning takes time and effort.
Find Value
Create Targets. Have specific goals.
Develop Knowledge and skills. Get feedback on your performance.
Extend Expertise
Relate Skills
Rethink Understanding
Set Expectations
Break It Up
Promote Focus
Support Mistakes
Use Analogies
Promote Review
Update as of Jan 13, 2020...
key ideas...
To learn material, practice restating key ideas in your own words. Rereading isn't the best way to learn.
"People will often reread material, for instance, even though it's a weak approach to learning, or they'll use highlighters, which have very limited research base."
"Retrieval practice doesn't have to be written down, either. When I was in college, I worked as a teaching assistant for a class that relied on a form of retrieval practice, and once a week, I would gather a group of students a classroom and ask them rapid fire questions. The calss was relatively short, but it was easy to see the effects of the free-recall type of practice, and the more the students retrieved their knowledge, the more they learned."
"To paraphrase Davis, then, the thing to judge in any learner is, does he or she expand and have new ideas."
"Do not simply reread" Deslauriers would explain. "Attempt to 'do' each learning goal by generating your own explanations"
Polya's systemic approach to problem solving...
1. Understanding.
2. Devising a plan
3. Carrying out the plan
4. Looking back and learning from the solutions.
Read emails out load before hitting send. It makes it simpler to find gaffes and grammatical errors.
"It's more important to think about what you're doing, than it is to do it" Ray Magliozzi
'Do not simply reread' Deslauriers would explain "Attopt to 'do' each learning by by
