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"Students need to understand that learning happens not only during reading and studying, but in all sorts of ways, so that they can examine their own habits to know which ones may be helping or not, and [then] make adjustments" (Chen, 2014, Experimenting with Learning Tactics, ¶4).In a KQED Mind/Shift post, Ingfei Chen introduced a book written by a former colleague and science reporter, Benedict Carey (2014), entitled How We Learn: The Surprising Truth .... Then Chen went on to highlight and give examples of three key take-aways from the book that she['d] gleaned from an interview with the author.
The post included some wonderful tips for self-aware and self-directed learners. Moreover, the voice recording that accompanied the article was of the highest quality imaginable ("Press Play to Listen ..."). Kudos to the unnamed voice artist who made the recording!
References
Carey, Benedict. (2014). How We Learn: The Surprising Truth about When, Where, and Why It Happens. New York, NY: Random House.Chen, Ingfei. (2014, August 25). How does the brain learn best? Smart studying strategies [web log post]. Retrieved from http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/08/how-does-the-brain-learn-best-smart-studying-strategies/
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I haven't thought about it, so I read it, and I learned it.
ReplyDeleteHi Mika,
DeleteI gather you read Chen's article. What was it you hadn't thought about before reading it? Can you also give an example of what you learned while reading that article?
Cheers, PB
I want to study smart!!
ReplyDeleteHmmm, Kotone, how would you like to begin to do that?
DeleteI would like to enjoy studying. I want to listen English.
DeleteI thought that just reading and writing are important, but I knew other thing important too.
ReplyDeleteHi Satomi,
DeleteWhat other sorts of things did you find might be important, too?
Cheers, PB
Speaking skill is the most important, because if I can't speaking anything I can't communication with people. It is Japanese speaking skill too.
DeleteWhen I read this post, I think that students have to know own habits about learning more.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your thoughts about this article, Miri.
DeleteAny suggestions for ways students might learn more about their own habits?
Cheers, PB
This is difficult for me, but I know it is good to brain that study smart.
ReplyDeleteHi Erica,
DeleteIt would be helpful if you'd explain a bit about the difficulty you encountered while reading Chen's article.
Cheers, PB
How Does the Brain Learn Best? Smart Studying Strategies is fantastic!!!
ReplyDeleteI made it think about what's effective leaning and how it happens, gives you a real edge in making those choice.
Hi Kazuyo,
DeleteI thought that was a fascinating article, too. That's why I shared it here.
What are some of the strategic choices that you see yourself making in the near future?
Cheers, PB
I often that I have to understand reading and writing. My thinking was changed.
ReplyDeleteHi Hikari,
DeleteWould you please give us an example or two of how your thinking may have changed?
Cheers, PB
I have to study more things. Because I always thought that I learned during reading and studying. I want to experience more things.
DeleteI want to enjoy studying. It isn't good to be force to study.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your thoughts about up and down sides of studying, Yuria.
DeleteWhat, if anything, is there in particular that you enjoy about it?
Cheers, PB
I often enjoy listen to English conversation and English songs. In addition, I go to English conversation lesson.
DeleteI want to study smart. It is good way.
ReplyDeleteHi Ai,
DeleteWould you mind giving an example or two of what you mean to do to study smart?
Cheers, PB
I want to do homework early. I often forget my homework. It is smart to have any time to spare for study.
DeleteI have heard how to study more effective in the lecture. This problems are picked up by the media recently. I read them sometime, and I noticed one thing. Most of the media saying "Sleeping is good for your health and brain." so many time. So, I feel deeply that sleep is essential for our life.
ReplyDeleteHi Takahiro,
DeleteI've heard quite a bit about the necessity of sleep, too. I'm afraid however that just knowing sleep's essential isn't enough.
What if any habits or plans do you have that may help you manage your need for sleep?
Cheers, PB
I'm trying to do some homework at the earliest opportunity every week because I want to go to bed more early. However, it is so difficult thing. I dan't feel good that sleepless day, so I can't concentration for my study. Anyway, I'm trying to correct my lifestyle.
DeleteI thought learning are reading and writing, studying, but I could rethink my thinking. So I want to learn more deep things.
ReplyDeleteHi Seina,
DeleteWhat you wrote about rethinking your thinking reminded me of reflective thinking. I wonder where, when, or how it might be easy for you to do (more of) that sort of deep thinking.
Cheers, PB
I have studied only superficial parts, so I think I want to change my study way. I always want to think why it happened.
DeleteI decided to study smart.
ReplyDeleteSounds good, Kasumi.
DeleteNow can you give an example or two of steps you're planning to take?
Cheers, PB
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ReplyDeletePlease see the edited version of this comment and a reply to it (Sept. 25) below.
DeleteI thought that I should study smart.
ReplyDeleteOkay, Karin, thinking's a start. Envisioning may come next.
DeleteSo what practical steps can you take to begin to study smart?
Cheers, PB
I think that I study listening and speaking.
DeleteI want to work my brain smart, and I think it's import to have an interest of what I want to do.
ReplyDeleteHi Rina,
DeleteAs I've suggested in a reply to Ruka (Sept. 25, below), I think interest is a key.
So what ways can you envision for discovering or developing interest in what you do?
Cheers, PB
I found that I should change my mind for studying. I used to think forgetting is bad. However, it was natural and i didn't know that forgetting is a critical part of learning.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting us know, Kurea, that you've changed your mind about how natural it is to forget things. I'm curious, however, about what you now see as the connection between forgetting and learning.
DeleteI think that forgetting is good things to remind my studying skills. I mean I can understand what I forget it or not.
DeleteI often don't know how to study. Therefore, I want to study more than now.
ReplyDeleteHi Momoka,
DeleteYou've shared a striking observation in the first part of your comment about often not knowing how to study. Yet the second part of your comment suggests that you think more will help you overcome that challenge.
What if any ideas have you picked up, either from Chen's article or from comments and replies in this thread, that suggest various ways to study, rather than how much? Please let us know in a follow-up reply.
Cheers, PB
It is difficult a little for me but I want to become to be able to study efficiently.
ReplyDeleteOkay, Satoko, the next question may be where to start.
DeleteWhat do you do now that you feel may be (an) inefficient way(s) to study?
Cheers, PB
I studied hard and memorized a lot few days ago of the tests, so my memorizing was forgotten soon. It seems inefficient.
DeleteIt is important to catch an essence of things than to expend long time in studying. I want to study with thinking.
ReplyDeleteHi Haruka,
DeleteYou seem to have picked up on the idea that how much time you spend studying may be less important that what you get out of it–that is, the results of your efforts.
What ways can you think of to focus more on the essence of things you're studying and thus improve outcomes or uptake?
Cheers, PB
I thought I should change how to study.
ReplyDeleteOkay, Sakiko, it sounds like you're almost ready to start.
DeleteHow do you envision changing the way(s) you study?
Cheers, PB
I often forget what I learned. So I want to review many time.
DeleteAt 11:09:00 AM (GMT+9) on September 24, 2014, Ruka wrote:
ReplyDeleteThrough reading the link, I found I'd always studied without thinking, so I didn't have any strategies of learning. I'd like to decide the goal of it and find what I should do first.
What was your strategy of learning when you were a college student...?
I've edited her question to remove a family name.
Hi Ruka,
DeleteAt the beginning of your comment, I think you put your finger on a deep-seated problem–studying without thinking.
One of my approaches was choosing a wide variety of subjects that interested me. Another was trying to find connections or at least see similarities between what and how I was learning in one class or department and another.
Does that give you any good ideas?
Cheers, PB
I'm sorry for writing your family name and thank you for giving me your strategies.
DeleteI learned not to choose one but to find some subjects I was interested in.
I think that I want to study more effectively. Too study is not good for learning, so I want to study as hard as I can.
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