Mind & Self
Learning How to Learn
The meta-skill that compounds across every other domain
Novice
Mind & Self
The meta-skill that compounds across every other domain
Novice
Subdomain
The unglamorous infrastructure under any serious learning: consistent sessions, real sleep, and recovery. Skip these and the rest collapses.
Retrieval practice
Pulling info out of memory to strengthen it (testing > re-reading).
Spaced repetition
Reviews at expanding intervals, Ebbinghaus + Anki + FSRS.
Desirable difficulty
Bjork: harder-during-practice = stronger-in-retention.
Interleaving
Mixing related topics within a practice session.
Deliberate practice
Focused, feedback-rich practice at edge of ability.
Transfer
Using what you learned in a new context.
Feynman technique
Explain it simply; the gaps reveal what you don't really know.
Consolidation
The brain's process of stabilising memories, often during sleep.