Chevron Left
Back to Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects

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

4.8
stars
91,493 ratings

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!

Filter by:

7426 - 7450 of 10,000 Reviews for Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects

By Nadira

Sep 10, 2017

Loved this course, it has some obvious thing but they are explained from scientific point of view, which makes things much more interesting and helpful!

By bruno b

Aug 14, 2017

Clear, easy and effective course, some very usefull tips and inspiring, enlightening interviews.

Really appreciated the teatchers and the overall course.

By Arinze U

Jul 21, 2017

Very, very nice course.

Although there was a good portion of the material that is common sense or review, there was a lot of good pieces of information.

By Ricardo Q

Jun 1, 2017

Great Course, you should take it if you want to boost your learning in anything, plus you will learn somo neuroscience and understand your brain better.

By Gina P S F

Feb 21, 2017

Un curso Práctico, Interesante, muy completo, el que se puede aplicar en cualquier área, ya sea académica, profesional, o personal, Súper recomendado.

By Chris A

Nov 23, 2016

Brilliant course ... one of the best (if not the best) on-line courses I have done. Very well presented and extremely interesting from beginning to end.

By Akshay P

Jun 15, 2016

Awesome course. Both the instructors are amazing. I love Dr. Oakley's lectures, her use of metaphors and zombies make the course really fun.

Good job!!!

By Wangzhen

Jun 10, 2016

amazing ,i got the best experience in this course! the only way i should do is keep doing the habit which talked about in the book“ a mind for numbers".

By Derek L

Apr 3, 2016

Methods here help me to be more productive. I'm also more aware of what makes me work and learn better, all backed by science! Thanks for offering this!

By Katie G

Feb 7, 2016

I really liked it! It was very informative and I learned a lot. I liked the teachers and how they explained things. I am also glad that it was all free.

By Julius M

Jan 21, 2016

when i finally started the course after months of procrastination it gave me incredibly useful tools and motivated me to really dive into my law studies

By Sandra S

Jan 17, 2016

I have learned a lot about myself and my study/learning habits. This is something that I will be able to use for the rest of my life. Great Course and

By Weiwei C

Dec 18, 2015

The techniques taught in this course are very useful. Although I am still unable to use the most of these tricks, I think my efficiency really improved.

By cristina

Dec 9, 2015

this is a course i feel everyone should take.. you must first understand yourself and how you work in order to work well and to the best of your ability

By Daniel B

Nov 27, 2015

I was pleasantly surprised by this course. It is far more then theoretical and the methods learned here will be applied to so many areas in the future.

By Pier G

Nov 15, 2015

Wonderful course. It was a pleasure to following it. Thanks to professors, i also bought your book. I advise everybody around me to follow this course !

By Rommel T R

Nov 11, 2015

Excellent analysis of how our brain works in learning, with a practical approach, please watch every single additional video, they're gems of knowledge.

By 杨丽峰

Oct 10, 2015

This course is based on brain science and neurology, many of its methods or tips for being a better learner are useful and ignored easily on daliy life.

By Наталья

Sep 30, 2015

Прекрасный курс! Мне доставил огромное удовольствие! Открыла для себя массу полезной информации, а также упорядочила уже имеющиеся знания. Всем советую!

By Ryan A

Aug 31, 2015

Totally amazing, because i could learn about a lot of knowledges that i never learned before.

Ms. Barbara Oakley could shows a subject more interesting.

By Maria E S

Aug 26, 2015

Incredible, easy to understand lessons. My kids are now watching them too. Now I'm reading the book. Really enjoying it all. Much respect to Dr. Oakley.

By Indu N

Aug 25, 2015

Wonderfully structured course with very useful and relevant information on effective learning. Kudos to Ms.Barbara Oakley for her great teaching skills.

By Guy L

Dec 6, 2024

Each module contained several nuggets of valuable information about how my brain works, how it learns, how it remembers, and how it stores information.

By Sajjad A

Jul 7, 2023

This course is the best of all courses that I joined before. Thank you so much to Dr. Barb Oakley and Dr. Terry Sejnowski for learning me how to learn.

By Bellevie B

Apr 29, 2023

Helps sharpen the tools for mining the gold in the mind.

Loved it and recommend it with simultaneously building custom Anki deck for it to be more meta