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E25 Dr. Oakley How To Supercharge Your School Learning

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How to Use Diffuse Mode to Learn More Effectively

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The brain has two different ways of learning or thinking about the world perceiving the world. One is focus mode and it usually uses a very kind of limited area of the brain. The other is a much more wide ranging and uses like both sides of thebrain. When you get stuck, that's a good time to rear back and take a little break. And in some sense, I think it helps me with your homework.

Dr. Oakley has a diverse background in linguistics going into military service after high school before coming back to get her Ph.D. in engineering. At a young age she believed she wasn't capable of learning math but through applying active studying techniques and learning how to learn overcame her ambivalences. Using her story and knowledge she teaches the popular course, Learning How To Learn and has written many books on learning including A Mind For Numbers, Mindshift, and Learn Like A Pro.

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