This course provides a useful foundation about how we learn, in addition to useful strategies to help improve our ability to learn by adjusting our environment, our expectations, and techniques. Some of the best parts of this course are the optional reading resources and interviews. I certainly wish I had this insight when I was just beginning high school or college.

I wish I had known about these learning techniques as I struggled through high school and some college. Kids of all ages should have access to the techniques and tips presented by these great instructors. And teachers of those kids should definitely know these techniques so they don't pound kids with the wrong ways to learn . . or not learn, as it so often turns out.

A marvelous course that has helped me a lot in pinpointing nonefficient study techniques I've been using so far. The course presented a lot of science-based techniques that manipulate the particularities of the brain, transforming potential weaknesses into valuable insights. I think it was the first online course I actually made myself finish. I highly recommend it!

It's a great course, which is very helpful to learn some difficult things. Thanks very much. The only problem is my English is too weak to follow the English subtitle, so I have to use Chinese subtitle. Anyway, the course teach me how to learn in a better way, I will introduce it to my students. Thanks again. BTW, it's my first course which is finished in Coursera.

The course was vary enjoyable and extremely practical. Every idea presented is very easily applicable and very valuable to any active learner. Moreover, the course itself is organised to be studied very effectively, and facilitates high retention of the material. Additionally, optional reading allows for a broader perspective and deepened exploration of the material.

I went to school for more than 20 years and I have been working for over 15 years, yet this course taught me thinks I wished I had known 30 years ago. I am sure it will help me a better learner, more focused and it will take me less effort to learn new things (which I have already started by the way, applying some of the techniques from the course). Thanks for that.

Wow. Simply loved this course. Really helpful and life changing habbits learning how to learn is probably the first thing we all ought to learn when young children. 28 now. But it is never to late to learn how to learn.

Thank you for putting together such a tremendous course. I would like to have the certificate for it however it is too expensive for me at this time.

Turns out I had no idea how to learn effectively and a lot of techniques I was taught growing up, like highlighting or re-reading material, were well-meaning lies and misconceptions.

Also it spells out procrastination and how to handle it in a way that clicked for me, more so than any forum on mental health that I'd found so far, so that's been exceptionally helpful.

It is really very interesting and helpful in understanding how our brain works and how learning develops. It provides tips for avoiding bad habits that make studying difficult and points the way to effective methods to improve one's learning skills. Useful knowledge for anyone who approaches to study any subject. The course is developed in a pleasant and simple way.

Easily one of the best instructional courses/material I have ever engaged with. Barbara's empathetic nature in combination with the structured way the course has done made this experience not only informative, but enjoyable. It does make you wonder why schools have not yet started to implement this as a course or a mandatory requirement to advance to the next grade.

This course is the best and the most powerful course PERIOD. Before learning any course or skill one must take this course and read ' A Mind For Numbers' so that it will open the neural pathway and help you understand how to grasp the concept of learning how to learn any subject or skill. Thanks Coursera and Dr. Oakley and her team of experts for the enlightenment .

El mejor curso que he encontrado para aprender a aprender, me habría encantado conocerlo antes de iniciar mis estudios académicos! No puedo dejar de recomendarlo a todos mis conocidos. Mi respeto y mayor admiración a todas las personas que hicieron posible este maravilloso curso. Desde Jalisco, México les envío mi más sincero agradecimiento y muy afectuosos saludos!

This was a great course. I wish I had taken it before I began my studies in engineering. I would have tried to relax more and have fun! I can also attest to the importance of repetition and testing yourself in memorizing subject matter. I used those techniques for law school, and they worked so well for me. Whenever I used those techniques, I got an A in the class.

I just retired in June. I now have a number of challenging goals that I want to accomplish. This useful course will help me accomplish them. This course has taught me that it is the process, the new habits, that are important in this journey. Thank you Dr.Barb Oakley and Dr. Terry Sejnowski for making such an interesting, understandable, and important course.

Learning how to learn should become mandatory at schools and not just for higher classes. THAT is the single most important skill students will need in their future lives. But even for those late beginners like myself, it's not too late. This course is gold and should stand at the beginning of any studying endeavor - unless you already know how to learn effectively.

Excellent training action, very enriching and of great impact at a personal level and therefore professional, is a course with a higher level of organization and a unique pedagogical design despite being such a complex and broad subject. My sincere congratulations to all the team that makes this beautiful activity possible, especially to Dr. Barbara as its director.

Absolutely fantastic course!! I found this course by chance last month when I was searching for study tips. I'm so glad I found this course. This course content has been presented so well and the teachers are so nice. I recommend this course to everyone because problems like procrastination are universal. So, learning how to overcome these problem is really helpful.

It was a great course to know about different way to study. In the seccsions, professors showed us plenty skills and tips about how to change our mind to face tough subjects. It was wonderful to know about Diffuse Mode and Zombies inside us, which are helpful for us to really know about our weakness during study. Try this course, you will find it's fun and valuable.

this course gives necessary material in understanding how brain works and how to get benefits from it. it also inspires greatly, becuse the main idea lies in human's ability to learn and master almost everything, but much practice and patience is needed to achieve that. I wish I could take this course when I was at school and escaping math and other hard sciences =)

great course ,you get great insight ,on what you know on some part and are told ,but here after the course ,you really learn why we are told so,and also familiar things we do ,which we think ,help in our learning journey but actually do the opposite really insightful,this course will greatly help anyone who would like to learn better and do better in life generally

This course have the potential to change the way you face learning, give you powerfull tools to plan your process and present the mindset to learn more efectively. Don't fool yourselve that you're a course away from having a photographic memory. Learning is a process, takes effort and knowledge. But missing this course is the same as going for a marathon barefoot.

This should be a pre-req in every college and university. I have a disability that disrupts my memory recollection and it is has been very stressful for me. This course has revolutionized the way that I will approach learning. The information is well-presented and easy to understand. I can safely say that this course has changed my life, academically and otherwise.

This course was great. I learned so much on how the brain works, which led of course to all the helpful ways to learn. The lessons most importantly boosted my self confidence, thank you especially for that! Both Professors were excellent, easy to listen to and follow! I would love to take any class with them!

Yes i do plan on taking more online courses!!!!

Thank you

Great techniques paired with learnings that can be applied as you go throug the course itself! This is especially encouraging if your looking into taking on more courses or just want a refresh yourself on how to best Learn how to learn. I can positvely confirm that i'll be looking at my notes often going forward and might even look into courses on neuroscience .