Learning Techniques and Models
Major Techniques
- Spaced Repetition
- Deliberate Practice
- Tutoring (Bloom's Two Sigma)
- Pomodoro Technique
- Create abstractions / chunks
- Regular self-testing
- Metaphor / Analogy
- Teach others (Feynman Technique)
- Focus on process for procrastination
- Supportive social environment
Major Models
- Levels of abstraction
- Long-term and working memory systems
- Habits as behavior source
- Learning by doing
- Recreate vs. Recall vs. Illusion of Competence
- Outcome vs. Process oriented
- System 1 / System 2 thinking
- Focused vs. Default Mode Thinking
Minor Techniques
- Alternating focused and diffuse thinking
- Concept Mapping
- Learning in different environments
- Overlearning
- Interleaving content
- Mnemonics and Memory Palace
- Meditation / Deep Breathing
- Visualization
- Incremental Reading and Writing
Minor Models
- Learning during Sleep
- Practice makes permanent
- Attention Switching Costs
- Hyperbolic Discounting
- Memory reconsolidation
- Energy management