This course proved to be extremely valuable and insightful. Some ideas I had been practicing since ever (without being aware), but most of techniques and knowledge were new to me. Looking in retrospect, they make total sense, since they fit in many life experiences, actually explaining some outcomes (good and bad) that I had previously experienced over the years. Highly recommend this course !

This course inspired me to take a more serious approach to my education. Now I know how to gain not just an understanding of given information, but knowledge and mastery of the material. I know how to remember something long-term, how to gain more skills by studying less, how to battle procrastination, how to handle stress and perform well on tests. Quite a useful course anyone can benefit from.

This course is excellent! Dynamic yet focused. It teaches what it preaches without you even noticing. The supporting material suggested is wonderful, very carefully chosen articles, and the interviews contribute widely to better understand the couse contentent. It was a real pleasure to take it. I do hope to find again Dr. Oakley and Dr. Senjwoski, wonderful instructors. Thank you both so much!

This course has changed my life, not only in studying and learning, but setting goals. Barbara and Terrence are very helpful at helping us learn, and even use the methods they teach, to teach to us. I feel proud because this is the first formal qualification I have ever achieved, and I feel as if I can approach any study, academic or industry, and even informally. Thank you to everyone involved.

Su contenido es realmente provechoso para aprender sobre la mente, abrir la imaginación y a su vez concretar ideas que te ayuden en tus tareas cotidianas. Aprender a manejar y a convivir con estas técnicas se convierte en un estilo de vida, uno muy provecho para las personas que nos gusta alimentar nuestra vida a diario con cosas nuevas y reforzar aquellas que trabajamos desde hace mucho tiempo.

I watched this course with open mouth. Great techniques that can drastically improve my learning ability. I eager to integrate this techniques into my learning routine. I've just implemented only Pomodoro technique, and it is so helpful and enable me to study more hours with better concentration.

Thank You! It is a great course that I will never forget. Brilliant tutor and marvelous information!

I really learn a lot through this videos. I had try to make myself a better learners right now and to go further on my interest of study. The way of thinking of process not a product really change my mind of learning something about quantity that I need to have but actually is based on what quality you have learn from something. Thanks for all the lecturers and the supported team on this course.

This is an exceptional course built to prove that you have the potential. All you need to do is to apply the right approach in terms of learning anything literally. Kudos to Dr Barbara and Dr Terrence for putting out a gem to prove that human minds are built for something bigger and this would help millions, especially for who feel they have missed that bus of achieving something in their life.

I found this a great overview of the mistakes we often make when facing challenging subject matter. I procrastinated my way through school and did passably well, but in later years I've learned those bad habits have held me back beyond academics. I've learned, but not as well (and lastingly) as I could have. I'm optimistic the concepts of this course will help me improve and be well worth time.

Since the moment I selected this course I knew I needed it, I just hoped it was good. I wasn't disappointed. Learning How to Learn is a powerful tool which I will use a lot since I've been struggling for a while in my studies. I strongly recommend it if you feel like your studies aren't giving you the results you'd hope and in a sense you know you could do better, but you don't know how. 10/10.

This Course taught by Miss Barbara Oakley had a deep and enriching impact on my personality and attitude towards learning. I am writing this review after almost 2 years after I did the course and I still remember and aplly the study hacks and tools i learnt through this course.

I personally feel that this course should be made compulsory to all students irrespective of their educational stream.

Thanks for Teaching How To Learn, This is one of the best courses I've taken ever and it has changed the way I learn and remember things and setting goal habits and tackling procrastination. Thank you for all the learning from this course videos, blog posts, book material, research papers which are the backbone of the underlying course and the Mind for Numbers book which I will be soon reading.

Interesting and helpful. Both professors are very positive and optimistic which is very encouraging. The course gives a lot of great techniques and tricks on how to study more effectively while also giving some elementary information on how the brain and memory work which is also interesting. I gladly recommend this course for anyone, especially college students who have problems with studying.

Starting with learning how to learn is the best choice for me. I have been swimming in the ocean of procrastination for a while now. I'm glad I found Cousera and made the decision to start small with learning how to learn and I'm glad i made it. Now, I'm proud to say that i can now start to fire from all cylinder towards my goals. Thanks to Dr. Sejnowski and Dr. Oakley for the great tutorials.

it was one of the most eye-opening courses that I've taken, I'm always struggling to memorize loads of information, but this course taught me to trust myself & the process & just keep pushing & "GIVE MYSELF TIME" to allow the information to be absorbed (which is the opposite of what we learned in schools/universities, unfortunately) which was the most critical thing I've taken from this course

This is my first time studying on Coursera, and I'm a bit unfamiliar and skeptical about the quality of this course. But luckily, I was wrong, the course gave me a lot of knowledge and understanding about how the brain works and showed me the right learning methods. Thank you Coursera for offering me this wonderful course, thank you Barbara Oakley and Dr.Terrence Sejnowski for helpful lessons.

I've found that this course has helped lay clear based on evidence the best ways to tackle learning efficiently. It can definitely be taken and applied in any facet of everyday life and is a useful skill to have. One more interesting thing is that it has definitely provided a diagnosis to my problems of tackling subjects efficiently in the past, so it has been very valuable in that sense.

The most phenomenal course I’ve taken. Taught me that we learn “learning” differently at each stage of our lives. I toke this course twice and the first time it was in my mid-50s taiko it again at late 50s and learned even more. I only wish that what I know now I knew in my 20’s a30’s. But alas, don’t we all. I applaud all the professors and please know that I will continue coming back to it.

Incredible course. It opened my mind to a lot of many things. The knowledge and technics gained in this course are worth taking for life. Knowing how your brain works and more specifically how it learns made me understand a lot of things and made me change how i thought or was taught to do it. I hope now to learn a lot of new things and destroy my mentality of "hating to learn" made by school.

This is a hands-on (or brains-on) course that introduces ideas and techniques that are applicable to daily life, be it studying or work. The Pomodoro technique (25 minutes of timed and focused work) has helped me develop better study habits, and the concepts of interleaving and diffused thinking have helped me take a new approach to studying and figuring out solutions for my professional life.

This is a great course! I really appreciate having stumbled across it in a blog post online. It has taught me a better understanding of myself and how I might better apply myself in my learning to compliment and expand my career and personal life. Yes, the videos are a bit corny at times, but they're memorable (ha!). I really appreciated how Dr. Oakley approached the topics and discussed them.

It was a life-changing and insightful course. At first, I thought this would be a boring lecture but I was so wrong. I have always had problems focusing and remembering things, but after this course, I learned strategies and tricks to help me study. Barb Oakley and Terry Sejnowski were very kind and welcoming. And thank you Coursera for making this course available for free. Thank you all !!!

It was a very interesting course. I honestly felt both the instructors Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski are my friends and not intimidating lecturers. I loved, absolutely loved ,Dr. Barbara's story of how she had a career change. Her words and story resonated with me. And although Dr. Terrence ,as described by Dr. Barbara a living legend ,is a very humble down to earth person.

The course focus on very importance subject, that is how to learn and understand things, deal with procrastination, recall and grasp knowledge, learn smoothly and efficiently and become more productive. I would absolutely recommend this course, this it taught how to deal with problems, especially with temporary frustration, and introduces us to our brain functioning in a very interesting way.

amazing course offerd by yale university.

we must try this courses.

well, we learn many thing from our day to day life and experience , this course give me lots of new fundamental hints for my life lesson.

in this course chunkig, using mode of brain and memories ,make schedule for routine, control of thoughts are very use full.

i think i give my time to this particuller course is frutfull

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