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E25 Dr. Oakley How To Supercharge Your School Learning
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The Power of Metaphors in Learning
I really resonated with what you said about understanding versus memorizing, because I think particularly in the last few decades, there has been a distaste with rote learning. There are so many ways to memorize which actually help you learn material better. For example, one of the ones you talk about in the book is so powerful, is just metaphor. If you can take a math concept and turn it into an image with sensations like smell, taste, touch, visual sensations as well, it is so much more memorable. Like, another great method you talk about is the memory palace, which is choosing locations and sticking images inside that associate with what you want to remember. And it's
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