How We Learn

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"Making errors is crucial for effective work." -Robert Bjork, Professor of Psychology at University of California, Los Angeles

Bjork goes on to mention that when it comes to novice college students, that there is not enough worry of whether they are equipped for a good 4-5 years of intensive learning. Learning skills are imperative in challenging programs, and many students are just not prepared to handle it. It can take years of realization and skill honing to figure out what kind of student one is... 

Changing our behaviors to fit into our learning lifestyle can be a factor of if we succeed or not. As learners, we find what works for us, and what doesn't. For example, some students prefer taking paper notes versus digital, while some prefer online reading platforms over paper books. All of us are individuals and our abilities are unique to us. Figuring out our own strengths and weaknesses can be a key to finding what may be blocking us from achieving our goals.

Bjork mentions Desirable Difficulties (no- apparently not an oxymoron!) as welcomed mishaps that happen during learning. In other words- efficient learning is not easy learning. 

 If you are not being challenged, are you growing?
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