A set of concepts for better learning of any subjects.
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Chunk
An individual package of information in our memory. Chunk can be one bit of knowledge or a combined pack such as a dance as a larger chunk.
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Chunking
The act of grouping & organizing chunks into compact package.
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Octopus of Attention
Focus to make connections from a different chunks.
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Transfer
Applying chunks from one mastered topic into another subject that is relevant techniques.
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Focused Mode
Deliberately concentrating on the topic or problem to solve.
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Defuse Mode
A relax status for the brain to not focusing on thecurrent problem. Our brain may wandar and connect very different parts of chunk for unexpected solution.
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Einstellung
Has predisposition in brain that prevents new approaches. Result in not flexible and stuck.
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Spaced Repetition
Spread out learning into period. Byte by byte every day. Brain is like muscle.
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Interleaving
Switching between different topics and mix them so that we use different techniques and strategies.
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Visual Metaphor/Analogy
Imagine the studying subject into iamge representation of similar things for how things look & work.
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Process > Product
Emphaize the important of PROCESS vs product. If we emphaize on product, we may get stuck by procrastination.
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Pomodoro Technique®
Get focused for 25 minutes to make progress on the current task. Distraction free and focus on the process. Tackle procrastination.
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Hard Start → Easy
Start looking at the hard problem for few minutes. Jump back to easy ones. Later return to the hard problem and avoid einstellung.
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Law of Serendipity
Lady Luck favors the one who tries.
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Working Memory
The memory for immediately and consciously processing in mind. Short-term and be rubbed out when new 'words' enter.
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Consolidation
“Changes that take place as the brain organizes and restructures information to make it a permant pack of memory”
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Reconsolidation
“Neurological process by which change occurs in memories as they are recalled and then consolidated. (Memory can change every time they are accessed.)”
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Metabolic Toxins
By product of body’s metabolic. Get washed out of brain during sleep
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Habit
Pattern of behavior that becomes automatic or involuntary. 1. Cue 2. Routine 3. Reward 4. Belief
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Illusions of Competence
Mistaken belief that we learnt something because we only review the part we already learnt. Not knowing that there are still missing key parts.
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Memory Palace Technique
Use a familiar layout/place and deposit the currently studying topics as images into the layout. FOr better recall by visualizing of place.
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