Renaissance learning and unlocking your potential

21 important questions on Renaissance learning and unlocking your potential

What are two ways to strenghten new formed neurons?

exercise
practice

How can we repair damaged brains and why is it slow to do so?

a damaged brain can be repaired by practice. It is slow because the critical time to learn something new has passed

What can suddenly happen during learning something new?

the learned material can become incromprehensible
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This is a sign of what?

that your mind is grappling with the new material

If you overcome this period of frustration what happens?

you will find that your understanding and knowledge has deepened

Why are metaphors, analogies helpfull?

help remember
help understanding
help overcome Einstellung

How are metaphors similar to models?

they are not perfect
create a physical understanding of a concept

Why is it important that you are the one doing the practice?

it is your mind that has to make sense of the environment
practice means you will no longer have to think about the why or how to do something

What is the drawback of intelligence?

intelligence means you can hold more items in working memory but is also is an invitation for Einstellung
people with smaller working memory are more creative

How can people with smaller memory still become master in a subject?

by deliberate practice, tackling the hard problems

What is the imposter effect?

feelings of being inadequate, incompetent
most people have them

How can we change our brain?

by believing that we can do something
by practice and perserverance

Why did Cajol think he succeeded in his study?

because of his perserverance and his willingness to admit error

How can you take responsibility for your own learning?

by reading other books and other materials and finding out that your teacher only tells a partial story

What can happen when you become succesfull?

other people become jealous and need to be tuned out. you have to be dispassionate

What can happen if you stay in this mode to long?

it is easy to make misstakes
rigidity
dogmatism
egocentrism

Why is dealing with the difficult problems a better way to take tests?

work on the hard problem for one or two minutes then switch to the easier problems and come back to the hard problems a few times.
this way the hard problem gets loaded in your brain and your diffuse mode of thinking can start working on it

What does it take to switch away after one or two minutes?

self-discipline
will-power

What is avoided by switching to another problem?

Einstellung

What two ways to battle stress?

see the test as a challenge not a threat
deep breathing

What should you do the day before a test?

only light mental work
try and relax

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