What are some good books on how to learn better?

July 2, 2015 12:07 PM

There's a number of books around how to generally learn things better, like The Art of Learning and Make it Stick. Which books about learning better do you recommend?
posted by markbao to Education (6 answers total)

How To Read A Book is a classic.
posted by alligatorman at 12:40 PM on July 2, 2015

Why Don't Students Like School? by Daniel Willingham. The title isn't really descriptive, it's more about myths vs. facts in the realm of learning/cognitive research. Some really useful stuff in there.
posted by overeducated_alligator at 12:45 PM on July 2, 2015

I've read Why Students Don't Like School and it's good. I love Make It Stick and tell everyone I know to read it.

Source: K-12 English/History teacher
posted by guster4lovers at 2:34 PM on July 2, 2015

Coursera.org has a free online course on how to learn more effectively. I'm about 3/4 of the way through it and so far it's been pretty good. Feel free to check it out!
posted by Gosha_Dog at 11:05 PM on July 2, 2015

I have found application of the 20/80 rule helpful.
Tim Ferriss discusses his approach to rapid learning with a twist on this.
Checkout out http://www.businessinsider.com/tim-ferriss-disss-system-to-learn-anything-2015-3?op=1
posted by PickeringPete at 5:21 PM on July 3, 2015

Response by poster: Thank you all!
posted by markbao at 5:42 PM on July 8, 2015