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Learning How to Learn · Module 3

Mastery and Lifelong Learning

Module 1 explained how learning works; Module 2 turned that into better everyday learning habits. This module reaches for the far end: genuine mastery, and a lifetime of learning that keeps pace with a changing world.

You will learn how experts really improve, why knowledge so often fails to transfer, how complex skills are built, how creativity grows from deep knowledge, how learning with and from others accelerates progress, how to learn well amid endless information, and how to become a lifelong learner.

Lessons
7 lessons
Estimated time
~6-8 hours
Assessment
Module quiz included

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Lessons

Lesson 1 · 16 min

Deliberate Practice and Expertise

Lesson 2 · 16 min

Transfer: Applying What You Learn

Lesson 3 · 16 min

Learning Complex Skills

Lesson 4 · 16 min

Creativity and Learning

Lesson 5 · 16 min

Learning With and From Others

Lesson 6 · 16 min

Learning in the Age of Information

Lesson 7 · 16 min

Becoming a Lifelong Learner

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Mastery and Lifelong Learning — Module Assessment

14 questions · pass mark 75%

  1. 1.What was the central message of Ericsson's deliberate-practice research, as opposed to the popular "10,000-hour rule"?
  2. 2.Which best describes practice "at the edge of ability"?
  3. 3.Why did most participants in Gick and Holyoak's studies fail to solve the radiation problem after reading the fortress story?
  4. 4.What did Thorndike and Woodworth's 1901 work suggest about "formal discipline"?
  5. 5.In Chase and Simon's chess studies, why did the masters' recall advantage disappear for randomly arranged positions?
  6. 6.What is the main benefit of automaticity in a complex skill?
  7. 7.Why is divergent thinking alone not enough for creativity?
  8. 8.What did John Hayes's study of composers suggest?
  9. 9.In the Nestojko, Bui, Kornell and Bjork (2014) study, which group actually recalled and organised the passage best?
  10. 10.What is the core reason the Feynman technique exposes gaps in understanding?
  11. 11.In Sparrow, Liu and Wegner's (2011) experiments, participants tended to remember information less well when they believed that:
  12. 12.Which statement best captures the difference between access and understanding?
  13. 13.According to later research on growth mindset, which statement is most accurate?
  14. 14.Why does the lesson favour a small daily learning habit over occasional ambitious sprints?
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