If you've ever struggled in a subject, I highly suggest taking this course. Dr. Oakley helps to guide you into being the best learner you can be. There are also several interviews by professionals who talk about the brain or their own experiences with training their brain in order to learn a difficult subject.

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One of the best online courses I have every taken. For that matter, one of the best courses I have ever taken anywhere. It is one of the most useful subjects anyone can take. It should be a required course, taken in the summer before becoming a freshman in high school, then taken again the summer before college. Just great.

One of the MOST useful courses I have ever taken. Already using all of the techniques and achieved distinction level grades in my degree in Earth Sciences. Cannot speak highly enough about Dr. Oakley.

If you want to learn anything better, if you want to help your kids succeed in school teach them how learn with this course.

Excelente curso. Cambió mi forma de ver como aprender y conocer algunas formas de mejorar este complejo proceso. Por otra parte, aprendí conceptos nuevos que desconocía, estos me ayudarán a mejorar cada que quiera aprender algo nuevo. Además, los consejos son fantásticos y sin duda los pondré en práctica. ¡Muchas gracias!

Fantastic course, the materials are very well made and the lessons are invaluable! I would definitely recommend this course to anyone from students to adults who have been working, learning new things is essential thus it is vital that we all understand a bit about our brain, our memory and know how to learn something new.

This course was fantastic! The structure made it very easy to follow and to understand the concepts.

Initially, I wanted to understand procrastination, and memory but I learned so much more. I am exicted to keep learning and taking more courses

Thank you Barbara and Dr. Terrence - I really feel likeI personally know you!

This course helped me a lot by getting an insightful idea about different effective techniques and strategies that can help people to learn better and solve issues related to procrastination, memory and stress management. All of these tips were backed with solid scientific work and presented in a friendly professional way.

Found this MOOC, and Mindshift while searching for an intro to computer science MOOC. Couldn't be more happy I took it. Absolutely take this class, everyone. The topics, and lessons are well worth everyone's time and attention. Even if you already think you know how to learn. Much food for thought in this one. Peace.

This is my second review.

This is an amazing course on learning techniques, explained bite-sized.

The course material, the instructors, the sequence of lessons, the clarity of the videos, the supplementary content is worthy of appreciation.

Thanks to everyone in Coursera who made it possible. We owe it to you, one and all.

This course is incredible. It really changed the way I used to think about learning and the mind. The professors (specially Barbara Oakley) are really charismatic and didatic, they can make you pay attention and understand complex concepts in a very simple way. I am very grateful to have had this course, thank you so much!

A lot of thanks to Barbara Oakley and her colleagues! I think this course is essential for everybody. I wish I had known all these technics when I was a student. It helps me to be more effective in my work performance (I can handle procrastination and frustration) and my everyday life. I feel more fulfilled and confident.

C'est un cours à suivre impérativement. Vous en apprendrez tant de choses qui vous seront utiles dans votre vie scolaire et professionnel. J'ai appris tout un tas de techniques, stratégies, connaissances que je n'ai pas appris pendant des années du bas et viens à l'école. Un Grand merci à aux profs et l'équipe de coursera.

Great course - I understood that all the difficulties in my previous studying was connected to not knowing certain techniques. Learning can be fullfilling and lifechanging experience, great joy but also can be struggle - this course will help those who want to constantly learning and not for grades but for some higher goal

Amazing course with lots of useful strategies and approaches in learning. Teaches effective ways to memorize, avoid procrastination, & perform well on tests. The lectures are interesting and stimulating & the instructors do a great job emphasizing key concepts repeatedly in order for viewers to properly retain those ideas.

great work by faculty team, I m no psychologist and i was just free, so took this course, initially i faced some issues coz i didn't understand some brain structure topics, but did not give up, the quiz questions are good .also as each video is small (max7-8 minutes), you wont feel bored and will be able to finish them of

This course was very interesting, informative, fun and all the presentations were nicely filmed, it was a pleasure to listen Barbara about procrastination and memory.

I will definitely use all of the advices that I heard in this course. Sometimes we just need to hear something we might already know - to use it in real life.

Very good course, I enjoyed it. In a playful and "light" atmosphere, you get in touch with concepts about your brain and its way of working - ideas that took years of studying and thinking from very smart people.

Get these ideas to work in your benefit and test them in your own "laboratory of thoughts", then get productive!

Funamentally mind-changing! I loved this course because it opened my eyes to how I could study and learn new subjects. Now, instead of shirking away from somewhat daunting new subjects like coding or finance, I can finally learn with confidence knowing I will come away knowing more and understanding more about the subject.

Very very helpful. Everyone should take this course! We often work very hard on subjects but we lack the technique to learn something new so we tend to leave it imcomplete or complete it with not much satisfaction. This course teaches us how to utilize every single minute of your hard work and that too in a positive sense.

Very helpful, useful. Well organized, concise, eye-opening. The vids did not have annoying "fluff/fillers" that drained my time. They were well made, thoughtful and lean, and the presenters weren't "salesy" nor "hyping." The length and content of the vids were also bite-size, so I did not have difficulty staying on track.

such a wholesome course! really grew fond of the teachers. would 100% take another course taught by them. i definitely learned new skills on learning and was validated by the teachers every time they mentioned a strategy i already used and others belittled. the small chunks of videos really helped my learning go smoothly.

Achei ótimo, uma boa maneira de entender como aprender de uma maneira mais eficiente e concisa. O começo e meio do curso foca muito em como o cérebro funciona, enquanto a parte final em como usar isso tudo para se sair bem em provas. O que de forma geral da uma boa base para usar em diferentes aspectos da vida. Excelente!

This course tells us and reiterates the simple mistakes we make while learning. Although a grown-up individual will know these techniques back of his/her mind, this course emphasizes how we all have been doing things wrong for many years. Its a short but valuable course is recommended to anyone willing to improve oneself.

Excellent course, by all means. I would like to thank everyone who was a part of creating this amazing course and making all these complex ideas really simple in the most academic way. This course is absolutely useful and life-changing for anyone who's trying to do self-improvement in any domain. Thank you very very much!

I learned how to use the diffuse mode, I also acquired mnemonic techniques and I also learned not to enter editor mode while I write. in general I have achieved greater efficiency thanks to the awareness of how the brain works in learning. it was interesting, funny and above all very useful. Thanks. a wonderful experience