Learning How To Learn for Youth

This is a great course. I am a high school teacher and have completed the adult version of this course twice. I am recommending this new course to my students. It is certainly pitched at the right level for high school students and is equally interesting for adults. Well done. From a teaching point of view it certainly provides acknowledgement that many of the "traditional" approaches to teaching are beneficial for growing brain-links. I think it is so exciting to have some knowledge of how our brain works. I think this knowledge can set up our students for a greater sense of control in both their academic and personal lives.

Oh! and by the way, the best part of doing the adult version is receiving the "Cheery Friday Greetings" email. Thank you.

As a self study student, I consider this course as a gift to me, I came across this course in coursera, I was curious and I clicked in, I am really grateful that I did, the learning strategies, implementation and analogy made by Professor Barbara Oakley and other professors were easy to understand, catered to middle-high school students or even uni students and adults, and I will take actions to implement these strategies I've learned, they are simple yet effective to optimise my daily life and academic performance by creating new sets of brain links, utilising diffused and focused mode thinking, storing informations into long term memory, retrieval practise etc. I sincerely want to express my gratitude for everyone who made this course possible, it is truly a blessing to students who struggled or who are struggling with studies like me!

This course was just about perfect, with an upbeat style aimed at young people that can also be enjoyed by adults of any age. Engaging videos, enjoyable exercises, and thoughtful discussion topics were excellently presented. It introduces young people to many helpful learning techniques that will help them throughout their lives.

I did find one aspect of the course quite distracting, and in a course about learning, very irritating. The font used in the video slides used a combination of upper and lower case letters. For example, How to SuCCeeD in SChool Without SPenDing all YouR Time StuDying. It's not quite this distracting because in the videos all the letters are the same height, but because D faces the opposite way to d, my left-handed brain had to take a second look many times. As a child, I had a lot of trouble distinguishing between b and d, 3 and E, and s and z. As for N, which way did it face?

This aspect was a huge disappointment for me. Young readers who might be struggling with reading need the learning materials to be correct.

Because everything else about this course was excellent, I have still rated it 4 stars. I'll probably recommend it to my grandchildren in a few years when they are old enough.

This course really helped me a lot. I am a distracted person in general, that is I find it hard to focus on one topic at times however, as I began following the tricks taught in this course, I found myself to be more productive. The course pretty much covered all the basic learning problems that a student faces and gave very apt methods too solve them. It also highlighted that practice and prior preparation is key and it is important to study on a daily basis than cramming huge amount of portion in one day before the exam.

The Hard first approach is very effective as it gets your brain thinking and makes it more active. Practice really helps retain concepts in my memory.

The overall presentation of the videos are excellent and gives you a sense of positivity as you follow up.

I consider myself fortunate to have discovered this course through a YouTuber's recommendation while researching how to learn coding independently. The YouTuber emphasized the importance of effective learning and studying skills, as learning is a continuous process in the field of coding. According to him, mastering the skill of effective learning is more valuable than the specific knowledge being learned because it enables one to learn anything effectively.

This course has been invaluable to me, and I am grateful for the knowledge I have gained. As a 29 years old man, it's unfortunate that these concepts are not emphasized in traditional school education, but I am eager to incorporate them into my life to achieve success and happiness.

Best of luck to everyone!

A revolutionary teaching course called "Learning How To Learn for Youth" provides young brains with crucial cognitive skills. Effective learning techniques like active recall, spaced repetition, and metacognition are introduced, giving students the ability to comprehend difficult ideas with ease. This method develops perseverance in the face of difficulties and cultivates a lifetime love of learning by fostering a growth mindset. It fosters curiosity, critical thinking, and flexibility via engaging activities and practical methods, empowering adolescents to succeed academically and beyond. "Learning How To Learn for Youth" ultimately builds the groundwork for self-reliant, assured learners who flourish in a changing, knowledge-driven environment.