Learning stuff

Shoving knowledge into my brain

June 16, 2020 — December 3, 2024

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Figure 1

Teaching, but for myself.

Edward Kmett, Learning to Learn seems popular. Maybe Scott H Young’s pop psychology life hacks approach is useful? The notionally-teaching-oriented article by Ozy Brennan, Evidence-Based Learning Strategies For Homeschoolers has tips that also seem applicable to self-learning for my inner schoolchild.

Also useful: sleep, performance-enhancing supplements, Flashcard repetition

1 AI-augmented

Rapid growth area, of course.

2 Incoming

Figure 3

3 References

Dunlosky, Rawson, Nathan, et al. 2013. What Works, What Doesn’t.” Scientific American.
Freeman, Eddy, McDonough, et al. 2014. Active Learning Increases Student Performance in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Friston. 2010. The Free-Energy Principle: A Unified Brain Theory? Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
Gopnik. 2020. Childhood as a Solution to Explore–Exploit Tensions.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
Kelly. 2017. The Memory Code.
———. 2020. Memory Craft: Improve Your Memory with the Most Powerful Methods in History.
Kestin*, Miller*, Klales, et al. 2024. AI Tutoring Outperforms Active Learning.”
Lovett, Meyer, and Thille. 2008. JIME - The Open Learning Initiative: Measuring the Effectiveness of the OLI Statistics Course in Accelerating Student Learning.” Journal of Interactive Media in Education.
Squire. 2007. Rapid Consolidation.” Science (New York, N.Y.).
Tenenbaum, Kemp, Griffiths, et al. 2011. How to Grow a Mind: Statistics, Structure, and Abstraction.” Science.
Wieman. 2014. Large-Scale Comparison of Science Teaching Methods Sends Clear Message.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.