workshop:self-study
self-study
Workshop for improving your self-study skills.
tips
research
breadth-then-depth: First research a topic broadly to get a clearer mental map, after that go deeper into specific areas of the topic.
notes (
1): Make short notes of important facts and insights. This helps you build a mental map of complex structures.
reflection: Take time to absorb and reflect on the information.
association: Find interesting associations with your own expertise in other topics.
question: Ask critical, rhetorical questions (that come up while researching a topic) and try to find find good answers to those questions. If no good answers are found, make a note of that.
restructure: Correct any mental structures that are insufficient or flawed.
topics
see also
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A Legendary Scientist Sounds Off on the Trouble With STEM”: “There’s no question that we need all the ablest people that can be recruited to go into science and technology to keep this country strong. But STEM is an unnecessarily forbidding set of stairs. (…) The right way to create a young scientist who’s going to be on fire by the time they’re in college is to let them pick something, some subject, that has really excited them. If they dream of space exploration, if they dream of curing a cancer, if they dream of going to distant jungles and discovering new species — whatever their dream is, let them dream.”
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SQ3R (“a reading comprehension method named for its five steps: survey, question, read, recite, and review”)
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“In vain we build the city if we do not also build the
man.” - Edward Markham
“Mind is all there is. It has no limitations as to shape, size or volume, for these qualities are but appearances and have no real existence. Mind is limited, however, in its power, its knowledge and its imagination, the last of which is its creative force. ” - Walter Russell
“We take the traditional organization of colleges so much for granted that we must step back and view them with Martian eyes, innocent of their history, to appreciate fully how outrageous their operation is (…)” -
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“Enthusiasm is Common. Endurance is Rare” -
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