This assignment is the culmination of the 4-week course 'Learning how to learn' offered by coursera.org

1. HOW TO LEARN????

2. LET US BEGIN….
Observe the word
‘learn’
Which familiar word is
hiding in ‘learn’?

3. I LEARN
YOU LEARN
WE ALL LEARN TO ….
Yes! You are right. Three cheers!!!
The hidden word is ‘earn’.
Here comes the second question.
What can we earn while learning?

4. YOU ARE RIGHT AGAIN!!
It depends on what is that we are learning and
what for we are learning.
We may earn … certificate,
money,
job,
love,
independence etc…
but definitely we earn SATISFACTION.

5. FOOOOOO…..D
What’s your pick?

6. I GOT YOUR ATTENTION!
That is the power of food.
As all of us need and love food, I
decided to present my understanding
in the form of a recipe.
Are you ready to take the simple and
easy to follow recipe for a

7. TASTY DISH CALLED……..
LEARNER?

8. HERE ,WE GO!
Ingredients you need:
1. a person who wants to learn
2. Pomodoro technique
3. Deliberate practice
4. Sleep
5. Chunking and interleaving

9. METHOD
First, take a person
who WANTS to
learn.

10. TIP!
While selecting this ingredient,
the only essential thing you need
to look for is only ‘the urge to
learn’.
Don’t worry if this item is
damaged with procrastination.

11. SECOND STEP
In the second step,
wash the learner
thoroughly using
‘pomodoro technique’
to remove
procrastination.

12. WHY DO WE PROCRASTINATE?
Our neurons in the brain feel discomfort
and cause pain whenever we start a work
we really rather not to do.
 Immediately the brain starts looking for
something which eases pain and gives
you pleasure at least temporarily.
Obviously you are postponing the
required task; in other words, you are
procrastinating.

13. SOMETHING TO COMBAT…….
What is this
‘Pomodoro’?

14. POMODORO
Pomodoro(an Italian name for
tomato) is the timer used in this
technique.
It was developed by Francesco Cirillo
in the late 1980s.
It is a little, yet powerful tool to
overcome procrastination, the chief
enemy for a learner.

15. HOW TO FOLLOW?
Steps to follow:
1. Set yourself a period of 25
minutes
2. Turn off all interruptions
3. Focus intently on the subject
you want to learn
4. At the end, give yourself a little
reward

16. HOW DOES ‘POMODORO’ HELP?
 Research suggests that the neural discomfort
you experience when you start a work which
you rather not to do, will soon disappear once
your focus is intent on that given task.
 The 25 minutes of intent focus helps you not
only to overcome the interruptions but also to
address the problem on hand.
 The little reward which you give yourself at the
end makes you and your brain neurons relax.

17. THIRD STEP
In this step, add
copious amounts of
‘deliberate practice’

18. WHY TO PRACTICE?
While dealing with seemingly abstract
concepts and ideas in Math and Science,
you need to strengthen the neural
connections that are being made during
the process of learning.
The more you practice, the stronger the
neural patterns become and make even
the abstract concepts real for you.

19. POOR PRACTICE VS DELIBERATE PRACTICE
poor parctice
Poor neural
thought
patterns
Poor
understanding
Weak
foundation
deliberate practice
Strong neural
thought
patterns
Deep
understanding
Strong
foundation

20. FOURTH STEP
Mix in 8 hours of
proper sleep at
this point.

21. YES, YOU READ IT RIGHT!!
I’m not kidding!!!!
It’s SLEEP

22. WHY TO SLEEP?
 When you are asleep, brain cells shrink and let
go the toxic substances accumulated during
day time.
 The latest research suggests that while we are
peacefully asleep our brain is busily processing
the day’s information. It combs through
recently formed memories, stabilizing, copying
and filing them, so that they will be more
useful the next day.

23. THAT’S NOT ALL!!!
 Our brain also works during slumber to find hidden
relations among memories and to solve problems we
were working on while awake.
 Many researches suggest an uninterrupted 8 hour
sleep for adults.
So…..sleep to your
brain’s content.

24. WE ARE ALMOST THERE!!
In this step , garnish your dish with
generous amounts of techniques
that help you to learn effectively.
That’s it!!! Here we go!!
Your dish ‘LEARNER’ is ready!!

25. SERVING SUGGESTION
Tastes better with ‘chunking’
accompanied by ‘interleaving’
and ‘testing’.

26. REFERENCES
 Learning how to learn: Powerful mental tools to help
you master tough subjects by Dr. Barabara Oakley, Dr.
Terrence Senjnowski –the course offered on
coursera.org
 Quiet! Sleeping Brain at Work-By Robert Stickgold and
Jeffrey M. Ellenbogen-
https://panet.andover.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/SC
IE/SCIE/science%20490/brain%20development/quiet%
20sleeping%20brain%20at%20work.pdf
 Food image : slickdeals.net
 Pomodoro image: alifeofproductivity.com
 Sleep image: writtenwhirred.wordpress.com