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Learning How to Learn · Module 7

Teaching and Sharing Knowledge

The earlier modules focused on how you learn. This one turns outward — to teaching, explaining, mentoring, and sharing what you know. The surprising theme running through it: teaching is not only how you help others learn; it is one of the most powerful ways to learn yourself.

You will explore the protégé effect, the Feynman technique for deep understanding, effective mentoring and tutoring, creating clear learning content, building learning communities, giving feedback that truly helps, and the teacher's mindset that completes the whole learning cycle.

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

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Lessons

Lesson 1 · 16 min

Learn by Teaching: The Protégé Effect

Lesson 2 · 16 min

The Feynman Technique: Explaining Simply

Lesson 3 · 16 min

Becoming a Mentor or Tutor

Lesson 4 · 16 min

Creating Learning Content

Lesson 5 · 16 min

Building Learning Communities

Lesson 6 · 16 min

Giving Feedback That Helps

Lesson 7 · 16 min

The Teacher's Mindset

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Teaching and Sharing Knowledge — Module Assessment

14 questions · pass mark 75%

  1. 1.The protégé effect is the finding that:
  2. 2.The 2014 study on 'expecting to teach' found that students who thought they would teach:
  3. 3.In the Feynman technique, getting stuck while explaining a concept simply indicates:
  4. 4.The 'illusion of explanatory depth' is our tendency to:
  5. 5.The zone of proximal development refers to:
  6. 6.A hallmark of effective tutoring is to:
  7. 7.Cognitive load theory implies that good learning content should:
  8. 8.Khan Academy's early videos succeeded mainly because they were:
  9. 9.'Legitimate peripheral participation' describes how newcomers to a community:
  10. 10.A crucial ingredient that lets a learning community actually learn is:
  11. 11.Research suggests the most effective feedback is focused on:
  12. 12.Hattie and Timperley's 2007 review concluded that feedback:
  13. 13.The 'teacher's mindset' is described as making you a better learner because it:
  14. 14.A recurring theme across the module's research is that teaching and learning are:
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