From the course: Five Learning Lessons from Cognitive Science
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Processing and retention
From the course: Five Learning Lessons from Cognitive Science
Processing and retention
- [Interviewer] How do you recommend people take in information for the first time versus when reviewing it for a second time? - [Instructor] Okay, well, when you take it in for the first time, ask yourself, what am I looking for? If I'm reading something, what are my questions? If you're watching someone do something athletic you want to be able to do, you want to kind of watch that and say to yourself, what do you think they're, what do I think they're doing and how might I do that? And then you put yourself in the position, you read the text or you go out with your a coach and try the thing that you want to learn. And then you get some feedback from a coach. If it's yourself, you put the thing aside you give yourself a little quiz, you say, well, I think it's this, but I better go back and look and see if I really got that. I've talked with a Mayo Clinic brain surgeon and he brought this up. The point is when you do…
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Learning lessons from cognitive science2m 41s
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How your brain learns1m 45s
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Active and spaced retrieval1m 53s
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Learning vs. fixed mindset1m 44s
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Processing and retention1m 20s
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Reflection and elaboration54s
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Rest your mind44s
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Key takeaways1m 32s
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