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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects by Deep Teaching Solutions

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About the Course

This course gives you easy access to the invaluable learning techniques used by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports, and many other disciplines. We’ll learn about how the brain uses two very different learning modes and how it encapsulates (“chunks”) information. We’ll also cover illusions of learning, memory techniques, dealing with procrastination, and best practices shown by research to be most effective in helping you master tough subjects. Using these approaches, no matter what your skill levels in topics you would like to master, you can change your thinking and change your life. If you’re already an expert, this peep under the mental hood will give you ideas for turbocharging successful learning, including counter-intuitive test-taking tips and insights that will help you make the best use of your time on homework and problem sets. If you’re struggling, you’ll see a structured treasure trove of practical techniques that walk you through what you need to do to get on track. If you’ve ever wanted to become better at anything, this course will help serve as your guide. This course can be taken independent of, concurrent with, or prior to, its companion course, Mindshift. (Learning How to Learn is more learning-focused, and Mindshift is more career-focused.) A related course by the same instructors is Uncommon Sense Teaching. To join the fully translated Portuguese version of the course, visit: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aprender To join the fully translated Spanish version of the course, visit: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aprendiendo-a-aprender To join the fully translated Chinese version of the course, visit: https://www.coursera.org/learn/ruhe-xuexi To join the fully translated French version of the course, visit : http://www.coursera.org/learn/apprendre-comment-apprendre...

Top reviews

JS

Aug 13, 2017

I really appreciate the time these guys invested in this course and am willing to take it again if they re-explain some topics in order to refresh some things that with time haven't stayed in my mind.

AK

Aug 17, 2017

It was a wonderful journey of learning how to learn. Simple and effective. Wish i had come across something like this a little early in life. But better late than never. Keep up the good work. Thanks.

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By Eduardo M

May 7, 2018

Fantastic course. In 4 weeks of study you can acquire a whole new perspective of the learning process and, through it, on how to improve many aspects of your professional and personal life.

By Margareta-Andreea C (

Dec 30, 2017

The course was very useful and interesting! I have learned a lot of techniques for a better learning and a lot of actual information about neuroscience. Thank you! Best regards to all team!

By James D

Oct 10, 2017

Wonderful course. As an Army Instructor, I will take what I have learned here and apply to facilitate the learning of service members. It has broadened my horizons about what learning is.

By Manuel M

Oct 8, 2017

Great course with good advice to how to improve your learning habits. A bit repetitive in places, but is a short course and you can learn how to auto-motivate and get the best from yourself

By Milton S

Oct 2, 2017

This course gives you amazing tools to improve your learning abilities (and your life). It is also a helpful guide to understand the quirks of the brain and how to use this as an advantage.

By Deepak P

Sep 16, 2017

Thanks for designing such a wonderful and useful course.It did helped me a lot in aspect of procrastinating and learning and memory issue.

Thanks to the coaches/guides for such awesome deed.

By Deleted A

Sep 1, 2017

A foundational course that you can apply to many areas of your life. Contains plenty of helpful advice in areas of the mind that we take for granted, and that nobody bothered to teach us!

By Joshua H

Aug 15, 2017

Solid science combined with practical tips that put the science to practice. The course is broken up into nice size chunks and I've already started applying a number of the lessons learned.

By Yanick I

Jul 26, 2017

This course is super interesting and I can only recommend others to take it.

I really learned a lot of tips and new ideas on how to learn new topics.

One of the best lesson I have ever taken!

By Sunil C

Jul 26, 2017

Very effective learning through systematically defined course material. The videos and the discussions helped a lot to understand the concepts and functioning of brain. Thank you very much.

By Venkatraman S

Jun 19, 2017

Excellent course for all Ages. Its amazing to know how focusing on the process of learning may leave such dramatic impact on the product that we learn. Extremely glad that i did this course

By Dianne R

Mar 17, 2017

I have learned a lot about this course. I enrolled in this class before I took a competency exam and a board exam. It helps me how to focus and learn the easier way. I passed the two exams.

By Gerd B

Feb 5, 2017

Very good course, I can recommend it to everybody who want to get a deeper understanding on learning. An Barbara is the perfect teacher. Thank you very much for you frindly way of teaching.

By Tarun V

Dec 8, 2016

It was a great experience to learn " How to learn? ", It has a disruptive effect on my preconceived notions of learning and gave me confidence that I can master any topic(Even tougher ones)

By Sebastian C

Nov 27, 2016

Thanks all of people that work and prepared this course. It will be very helpful for me to apply this new knowledge in my next studies and courses.

I congratulations you and thanks so much!

By Matti S

Oct 27, 2016

Course gave great tools for understanding the mental processes involved in learning and how to use those tools for your own learning goals. Thank you very much for this learning experience!

By Bonile F

Jan 7, 2016

Great learning tools, I wish I had these tools when I was at University. I specifically like the tools on how to avoid procrastination; I have never thought that it is similar to addiction.

By Aleksandr A

Dec 27, 2015

Great course, provides with an interesting explanation/metaphores of how your brain works and gives useful tips how to enhance your learning process and avoid common mistakes. Thanks a lot!

By Quang T

Nov 30, 2015

Excellent ! Help me very much in understanding learning ability and how to improve it. I gonna watch these lecture again, again and again. Thanks for bringing this wonderful knowledge to us

By Elijah P

Feb 3, 2023

The information provided by this MOOC is invaluable. Taking this course is one of the best decisions I've ever made. I almost didn't want to finish this course because it was so enjoyable!

By Teodoro L L

Jan 29, 2023

Muy bueno gracias, para poder compartir con mis alumnos y que ellos inicien con el proceso de autoaprendizaje de forma controlada y tengan nuevas herramientas que complementen su educación

By Filippo C

Jan 20, 2023

Incredibly useful insights into the world of learning, demystifying some important evergreen techniques used by students and offering cutting-edge and readily applicable alternative tools.

By Joeda F

Jul 5, 2021

i like this course very much and i know that it will help me in my further studies. thankyou coursera and Barbara and her colleague for giving me such opportunity in gaining how to learn

By Raed h

May 18, 2021

It is one of the most thing that you have to do, you have to learn how to learn, this course i think it is pretty essential for every and each person,

i highly recommended for all of you!!!

By Ernesto A

Jan 28, 2021

para todos mis compañeros latinoamericanos, este es un curso indispensable que si llegas a implementarlo bien va a hacer maravillas en cualquier área de tu vida, donde puedas implementarlo