Learning How To Learn

Question 1

Two types of thinking:

Answer 1

1. Diffuse mode - used for learning something new when the neurons are creating a new pattern (wide thinking)
2. Focused mode - learning something already known (narrowed thinking)
   Effective learning hops between the two

Question 2

Practice makes permanent. Why?

Answer 2

Neurons become linked together through repeated use. The more abstract something is, e.g. a mathematical concept, the more important it is to practice in order to bring those ideas into reality (the pattern becomes more concrete)

Question 3

How to learn?

Answer 3

When learning, study something by focusing on it, then take a break or change focus to something different for a while (for diffused mode to take place). Use the Pomodoro technique