Author: José ChacónTeacher: Barbara Oakley, Phd

The best tips for learningIndex

A.- How this project will be used in my life.

B.- Three best tips for learning:

1.- Chunking

2.- Sleep

3.- Procastination

C. -References

The best tips for learningA.- How this project will be used in my life.

This project will be a key tool to be used when I start a Financial Analysis post-degree program in

April 2015.

Given the complexity of the sujects to be covered in the post-degree program such as:

- Finance for companies

- Investment projects

- Securities markets

- Principles of Finance and Accounting

I think that the best tips for learning project, will help me to master the sujects above mentioned,

and therefore to achieve my goal.

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1.- Chunking: definition: is the mental leap that helps you unite bits of information

together trough a meaning (2014 Oakley: 54)

What is a chunk?Chunks are pieces of information that are

bound together trough meaning (2014 Oakley: 54)

Source: Barbara Oakley , Mooc "Learning How to Learn," video 2-1 What’s a chunk?

B.- Three best tips for learning:

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How to form a Chunk:

1.- Focus your attention on the information you want to chunk.

2.- Understand the basic idea you are trying to chunk.

3.- Gaining context so you see not just how, but also when the use the chunk.

2.- SLEEP

The importance of sleep in learning

1.- During sleep your brain makes a housecleaning to eliminate toxic products.

2.- Your brain erases trivial aspects of memories and simultaneously strengthen areas of importance.

3.- Your brain rehearses some of the tougher parts of whatever you are trying to learn.

4.-Sleep has been shown to make a remarkable difference in people ability to figure out difficult

problems and to find meaning and understanding in what they are learning.

Source: Barbara Oakley , Mooc "Learning How to Learn," video 1-7 a The importance of sleep in learning

3.- PROCRASTINATION

Definition:

"Is the practice of carrying out less urgent tasks in preference to more urgent

ones, or doing more pleasurable things in place of less pleasurable ones, and

thus putting off impending tasks to a later time, sometimes to the "last

minute" before the deadline"

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrastination)

Procastination is a single, monumentally important “key-stone" bad

habit.

(2014 Oakley: 86)

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Source: Barbara Oakley , Mooc "Learning How to Learn," video 1-4 a procastination preview

Typical Procastination Pattern

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Procastination is like an addiction. It offers temporary

excitement and relief from boring reality (2014, Oakley: 87)

Like any habit, procastination is something you can simply

fall into. (2014, Oakley: 88)

How to overcome procastination

The pomodoro techniqueIs a technique that’s been developed to help you focus your attention over a short

period of time (2014, Oakley: 103)

You can overcome procastination by using the Pomodoro Technique as

follows:

- 25 MINUTES

- NO INTERRUPTIONS

- FOCUS

Source: Barbara Oakley , Mooc "Learning How to Learn," video 1-4 A procastination preview

4.- References

Oakley, Barbara (2014) A mind for numbers, USA Jeremy P .Teacher/Penguin

Coursera(2014) MOOC "Learning How to Learn“

(www.coursera.org)