Learning How to Learn Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects. This course is provided via Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn. The book A Mind for Numbers contains more in-depth information related to this course. Week 1 Focused versus Diffuse Thinking Researchers have discovered two different modes of learning: focused, and diffuse. Focused mode is when you concentrate intently on something. Diffuse mode is a more relaxed thinking style related to a set of neural resting states.
“I Know It, You Will Too” is a project to share the things that I’ve learned. The name of the site comes from a middle school project, which invloved interviewing an expert about a topic and then giving a 20-30 minute presentation about it.