How Do You Personally Learn?
Hey!
I'm curious about how yall are learning, and processing the knowledge you come across.
I'll go first:
What I do: I personally do pre-reading/watching, and then summarize the books I read or videos I watch. I use Notion for that, and I have my own little template for it. I keep an Ignorance Map of things I encounter and would like to know more about, also on Notion.
I find that writing things in my own words, particularly summaries (and SMALL summaries, at that) really helps with understanding what I'm learning.
What I would like to explore: doing a pre-reading or "pre-thinking" about each chapter that I read -- basically getting more granular and setting up a more frequent trigger to engage my mind, rather than just consuming the content. I'd also like to try talking more about the topics I'm studying and interested in!
And to finalize, I wanna share this method I found on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/dusvhd/sharing_how_i_remember_every_single_nonfiction_i/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/dva756/method_how_i_summarize_books_to_remember/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Looking forward to your comments/resources you might want to share :D
I'm curious about how yall are learning, and processing the knowledge you come across.
I'll go first:
What I do: I personally do pre-reading/watching, and then summarize the books I read or videos I watch. I use Notion for that, and I have my own little template for it. I keep an Ignorance Map of things I encounter and would like to know more about, also on Notion.
I find that writing things in my own words, particularly summaries (and SMALL summaries, at that) really helps with understanding what I'm learning.
What I would like to explore: doing a pre-reading or "pre-thinking" about each chapter that I read -- basically getting more granular and setting up a more frequent trigger to engage my mind, rather than just consuming the content. I'd also like to try talking more about the topics I'm studying and interested in!
And to finalize, I wanna share this method I found on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/dusvhd/sharing_how_i_remember_every_single_nonfiction_i/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/dva756/method_how_i_summarize_books_to_remember/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Looking forward to your comments/resources you might want to share :D
Comments (7)
As those cats would no doubt advise: the best possible method of learning is play, but at the same time it's crucial that newly acquired knowledge be consolidated through sleep.
I am a retired mathematician and my learning style has always required examples. If I try to understand a math concept I need to see it in action.
(I had an acquaintance who did a PhD thesis on a particular set of functions, but when asked on an oral exam to produce even one of those functions discovered their set of functions was the empty set.) :worry:
I know that story is stressful irl but I found it pretty funny btw
Let's take computer programming as an example. I taught myself to build websites and software for the Web. Beyond the preexisting tutorials and other learning resources that I ingested in my learning process, I playfully put that information into practice with personal projects and late night coding sessions.
It could be said that I am a hands-on learner, regardless of how I am handling data.