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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

EJ

Aug 25, 2023

This is course is so helpful it will debunk all the false beliefs and the wrong thing that you're doing in your life. It will also help you to understand your brain, that will make you a good learner.

BK

Sep 23, 2016

Very useful. Explained how the brain - mind and memory - works, and showed techniques for learning more effectively. Wish I'd known about this stuff while I actually went to high-school and college!

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By Bill P

Jan 23, 2016

I'll definitely give this course a five-star and it surely deserves it.

Learning how to learn is a lifetime skill that everybody should try to be equipped with.

Great course!!

By Daniel S

Jan 4, 2016

Great course and great content. Barbara makes everything easy to understand and keeps you motivated to keep on learning. I will definitely recommend this course to my friends!

By Huayra C

Nov 30, 2015

I love it!.... it literally teaches you how to learn.... and it is increadible how much more productive you can become by simply understanding your own brain and how it works.

By Jerry w

Nov 29, 2015

very helpful and intriguing course. Ms. Oakley is a nice and knowlegable lady. she gives me tools and confidence to broaden my scope of learnning. very very much appreciate

By woniuxingdong

Oct 19, 2015

A easy and fun course, not only gives you some aspect of the brain facts, highly related to the learning activities, but also tells you some practical skills to help learning.

By Jitesh P

Oct 18, 2015

Superb course with lot of examples to grasp the idea. This course also had video interviews with eminent personality to understand how they used their brain. That was awesome.

By Moy G

Aug 24, 2015

Excelent information about learning, and specially those techniques that showed, are awesome. I really learned very useful tips to improve my method of learning. Thanks a lot.

By Olga M

Aug 13, 2015

This course is one of the most important and useful on coursera.org. I am very grateful to Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski for preparing and sharing this course.

By r p

Mar 1, 2023

Awesome. Both Instructors are Genuine, and informative! Thank you for assisting me to change the way I think! The world is a better place with the presence of both of you!

By LaDiamond T

Jun 9, 2022

I really enjoyed this course and learning new method to take with along more learning journeys. I like the process of learning how my brain works rather just doing the work.

By Altay K

Jun 8, 2022

Amazing course, really helped me to fine-tune my study habits and taught me about how my brain works while learning. I'm so inspired to learn more about learning in general!

By Francyelle R

Apr 27, 2022

Excelente! Informações valiosas em um curso acessível e super didático.

Me ajudou a compreender melhor o processo de aprendizagem e a aplicartécnicas desde o início do curso.

By huckrown

Nov 15, 2021

Thank you for so fair and kind words in proper moment of my life, I hope that this course will help me to improve my process of learning. Thanks for Teaching how to learn! :)

By Daria B

Apr 10, 2021

Thank you professors for creating this course! I am glad that I had the opportunity to take it. Definitely, it opened my eyes and changed approach on how to learn new things!

By Ali K

Feb 22, 2021

The course was pleasant to finish and enjoyable to attend. I love it, and I really like the instructor's insight, which can be used as a clue for further reading and mastery.

By Helen P

Feb 16, 2021

I have really enjoyed taking this class and would recommend it for everyone who would like some better strategies for solving difficult problems or taking on difficult tasks.

By weimar j b z

Nov 14, 2020

Si no quieres perder tu tiempo aprendiendo, debes hacer este Mooc. Te ayudará a administrar mejor tu tiempo y aprender de una forma más divertida y eficiente, cualquier cosa.

By Alvaro A P B

Sep 21, 2020

Un excelente curso que nos da a conocer varias técnicas y conceptos para mejorar nuestra forma de aprender y de aprovechar mejor las increibles capacidades de nuestro cerebro

By Silver E

Sep 9, 2020

This course is perfect in understading which studying methods work and which doesn't and helps you understand the things you are doing in sabotaging yourself during studying.

By anubha j

Aug 10, 2020

The course offers a very practical approach to improving ones learning capabilities. I learned a lot from this course, and I am thankful to the instructors for their insight.

By Michael S

Jul 25, 2020

Brilliant course. Wish I had known all this when I was a student about 50 years ago. Fortunately I still have time to get a degree. Last time I just had no idea how to study.

By Shakuntala d

Jul 19, 2020

I am blown away by the course material and the tools it offers. The videos especially the optional ones were fantastic. I wish i had this kind of course when I was a student.

By Diego F L M

Jul 11, 2020

El mejor curso que puedes hacer, no solo te ayuda en tus estudios, sino en tu vida, cambiando la forma de pensar con todos sus consejos y métodos que adquieres cada semana :D

By Ирмеш М

Jun 19, 2020

Very useful, insightful and interesting course! I learned a lot of new things to improve my study sessions and my life in general. I highly recommend this course to everyone.

By Emma S C

May 6, 2020

contents, lecture, interviews and readings are well organized. I have learned how to be happy with the process of study and have courage to explore to the new area in my age.