Exceptional tools for life-long learners to use in our journey. Also, it dispelled some learning practices, such as excessive use of highlighting, which can cause illusions of competence. Thank you Barb and Terry for sharing your wisdom and insights and for sharing video interviews of other great learners.

This course was excellent! I learned so much and am already using what I learned in my studies of language and guitar. Thank you to Drs. Oakley and Sejnowski and to Coursera for making this course available. I'm also loving Dr. Oakley's book, "A Mind for Math." She's a great writer and engaging instructor!

One of the few learning skills courses to really hit home. It's not that many new concepts were introduced; so much as that a better understanding of the cognitive and/or neurological processes underlying familiar methods clarified their usefulness and gave them a new importance to me. Very helpful course!

I loved it. I learned a lot, but more than that I ENJOYED a lot. Of course, that in turn helped me learn even deeper. I enjoyed the lessons and the presentation style. And I really loved all the interviews that were optional. I hope to be able to rewatch/relisten to those over and over. Thank you again. :)

It is a great course. I have learned why some techniques are better than others (recall vs highlighting) and how can I learn more effective. But it's not (only) about techniques and tricks. This course explain HOW 'learning' works and WHY it is important to learn effective (see the illusion of competence).

I wish I had known taken this course while I was in High School or College. It would have spared me so much suffering. It has great information on how the brain works when learning, and very useful study and test taking techniques. Thanks for making this course. Applying its content can be life altering.

This course was super helpful for enhancing my learning capabilities! The instructors teach you so many valuable techniques that can be applied to almost any area of your life. If you are a student or just someone looking to better themselves and learn new things, take this course. You will not regret it.

It was one of the best courses I've taken, I will recommend it to my students and colleagues, it's simple, practical, and enjoyable. It can benefit anyone in any field. Thanks for Dr.Barbara Oakley,  Dr.Terrence Sejnowski, and deep teaching solutions. I'll be always in searching for courses like this one.

This course has really helped me understand why I never retain much of what I have learned. I have so many new techniques for committing concepts to memory. I was already seeing great results with these techniques before I was through with the course. I plan on teaching this to my children immediately.

I took up this course out of curiosity... the course is presented in a very intriguing manner, and it boosted my interest in learning. I am grateful to the course team to introduce me to some great minds through the interviews in the optional videos... Looking forward to learning something new each day :)

muchas felicitaciones por este curso y a todas personas que se involucran en el tema muy interesante y muy productivo si me ayuda mucho en mi trabajo y en casa también y lo voy a recomendar a mis amigos no me decir un excelente curso gracias por todo seguiremos estudiando mas cursos todos son muy buenos.

It was my best experiance with some brilliant teacher staff. I learnt many different best techniques to learn something in a new and best creative way to reach toward the solution. Now i am able to teach the course to other collegues as well who are finding it difficult in learning how to learn. Thanks!!!

Excellent course! Would highly recommend it to anyone, not just students. It was very well thought out and actually taught me how to learn. I enjoyed the videos as they were short, sweet, and straight to the point. I am definitely going to be able to study more efficiently and take tests more confidently.

This is one of the best (maybe the best) course on Coursera, seriously! It applies to EVERYONE, because everyone is LEARNING. This should be your first course on Coursera, so that you learn here how to learn, to apply it on the other courses you want to do on Coursera. Thank you so much Barbara and Terry!

This was a really good first course to take. I learned a lot about how to study in a more effective manner. There were a lot of errors that I was making when studying, which were pointed out to me during the videos and thoroughly explained, while giving better alternatives in the same videos or in others.

I am deeply grateful to all the teachers, experts, and interviewees in this course, for their knowledge sharing, which will help to strengthen my learning powers. Furthermore, I'll recommend this course for sure to my friends who need to improve their learning competence, one of our life-time capability.

Before I took the course, I was a notorious procrastinator. Afterwards, that's changed drastically as I finally possess the know-how to better deal with it and motivate myself. That along with everything else the course has to offer convinces me that I will do much better on tests and studying in general.

When they say learn powerful mental tool to help you master tough subjects... they meant it! Dr. Barbara Oakley has done a fantastic job at making this course smooth and entertaining. If you put in the effort you will come out with the necessary tools for your lifelong education. What are you waiting for?

I have always thought of myself as a good student. I like learning, and I'm a teacher. And being a good student means always looking for ways to improve or seeking solutions for performance gaps and fighting procrastination. This course (and the book Mind for Numbers) were helpful and easy to complete.

This is a wonderful course that teaches you the right ways of learning. We generally don't pay attention to the learning style we are following, this course makes you aware of more effective techniques which can be applied. Also the information about what is going on in our brains while leaning was great.

I enjoy this course a lot. It helps me understand better about my pitfalls in learning and how to deal with it. The course walks the talk by applying learning technique through out the materials (metaphor and analogy) that makes it easier for participants to understand and really make the knowledge stick!

Un curso útil, amigable y que nos enseña las maravillas del cerebro humano y herramientas de aprendizaje que se pueden aplicar en todas las áreas. Lo he recomendado ya a toda la gente que conozco, así como la lectura del libro "A Mind For Numbers" de la Dra. Barbara Oakley. Realmente he quedado fascinada.

The graphics and language used in this course are easy to understand, even new terms are well defined through context clues and visual cues. I have already learned and applied so many of the things I've learned and I'm even helping my fiancé get through his graduate classes more effectively this semester.

This course is an eye opener for me on the way I used to learn new things. This is having significant positive impact on my life now and in future. I have learnt lots of powerful tools and methods to improve the way I learn things. Thank you so much for the professors, Coursera team and everyone involved.

Excellent course to understand the basics of brain functioning ! Highly rerecommended course for teenagers and parents and working professioanl. This course prooved that with right technique anyone can learn new things. Thank you Barbara Oakley and terrence sejnowski for creating this insightful course.