https://tomroth.dev/tags/learning/Recent content in learning on Tom RothHugo -- gohugo.ioenMon, 13 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://tomroth.dev/system-decomp/Mon, 13 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://tomroth.dev/system-decomp/I wrote an article over at vergelabs.ai. Here’s a quick summary. Systems are valuable things to us. We rely on systems to do many things, like cut our grass (lawnmower), surf the internet (google chrome), or provide us with employment (a multinational bank). We don’t usually understand these systems. This could be because the system is complicated. Perhaps there are prerequisites we don’t have. These prerequisites might also have prerequisites. There can be many reasons.https://tomroth.dev/effective-learning/Sun, 22 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://tomroth.dev/effective-learning/Want to squeeze the most out of each hour studying? Want to make your learning time as efficient as possible? The first thing is to use good study methods. They will give you the biggest opportunities for improvement. The second thing is to read this article. Here are six ways to get the most from your learning time. 1.Alternate between focused and diffuse thinking Link to heading Trying to solve a problem?https://tomroth.dev/learning/Sat, 14 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://tomroth.dev/learning/There’s a world of difference between effective and ineffective learning methods. Effective learning methods ensure your knowledge is robust, intuitive and long-lasting. It’s knowledge you can use to build on. Ineffective learning methods will achieve the opposite. What separates the two? The successful methods place an emphasis on acquiring transferrable knowledge useable out of the context it’s learned in being able to explain topics as clearly and as simply as possible developing an intuitive feel for a topic through creating metaphors and analogies knowing exactly what you understand and don’t understand understanding how ideas interplay and connect together building chunks of knowledge and organising them into mental constructs generating correct answers from scratch without looking at the original material making repeated, sustained attacks on a problem before looking at the solution effortful practice that requires your focused attention By contrast, ineffective methods emphasise