How We Learn
The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
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Average rating3.7
We read this one as a group at Pluralsight. The different approaches to having content connect with people were very interesting. Some of the ideas that I really want to explore more include:
Pre-testing as a way to introduce people to a subject. Multi-subject teachings rather than single subject teaching. Giving time to forget and relearn to help drive a topic in. Give people deliberate interruptions when learning. Helping people teach each other as a way to learn.
Excellent book. Actually it gives you new thoughts about how we learn, the not so importance in have the same space to study. How to change space, time and hours of study can help you learn better. The importance of sleep. And other miths about learning.
We read this one as a group at Pluralsight. The different approaches to having content connect with people were very interesting. Some of the ideas that I really want to explore more include:
Pre-testing as a way to introduce people to a subject. Multi-subject teachings rather than single subject teaching. Giving time to forget and relearn to help drive a topic in. Give people deliberate interruptions when learning. Helping people teach each other as a way to learn.
I had high hopes for this book. I'm terribly interested in how we learn, so it was the “how we learn” along with “the surprising truth” that intrigued me. Here's the real truth: How We Learn covers “how we learn” moderately well, at least as well as my educational psychology class from 1976. But, sadly, I didn't run across any surprises here. And, if you wish, we can attribute that to my keeping up with current learning theories rather well instead of failures of the book.