Free course · Smart Skills
Learning How to Learn
Study methods that survive contact with a full-time job. Why re-reading feels productive and is not, and the few techniques that genuinely work.
5lessons
10quiz questions
5exercises
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise the methods that feel productive and are not.
- Use retrieval practice instead of review.
- Distribute practice instead of massing it.
- Build knowledge that transfers to new situations.
- Build a routine that survives a real week.
Course content
- 1 Why re-reading feels like studying Recognise the methods that feel productive and are not.
- 2 Testing yourself is the method Use retrieval practice instead of review. Sign in to open
- 3 Spacing, and why cramming fades Distribute practice instead of massing it. Sign in to open
- 4 Understanding, not memorising Build knowledge that transfers to new situations. Sign in to open
- 5 Learning while working full time Build a routine that survives a real week. Sign in to open