Learning Is More Subtle Than That

Polly says we should be constantly aware of an experimenting with how we learn. This is part of what's called metacognition. Metacognition is basically the idea of thinking about how you think and how you learn. For example, let's say that someone tells you verbally how to drive from point A to point B. You are not actually very good at learning information verbally. If you have a harder time processing things that are auditory for you, then when you're doing that, you have to focus really hard on it. And pay attention and really map it out in your head.