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#+title: Pitfalls and illusions of competence
#+date: "2021-05-21 19:26:06 +08:00"
#+date_modified: "2021-07-21 16:14:29 +08:00"
#+language: en


The learning process is not perfect and just like everything else in life, there are some traps that you could step in.
This could cost you either time or forming bad habits that require unlearning later.

The following is an exhaustive list of things to look out for.

- The [[id:9986bd9e-763e-497e-a35d-ecd0aa93f408][Presence of the material fools students into learning]].
- [[id:0bb464a1-94c4-4130-bc7d-413465aea8e8][Procrastination]] is a common habitual problem among students, postponing their learning and leading into cramming.
- [[id:9138397a-a965-45e9-97ea-71849e8d4f94][Overlearning]] is a habitual problem of students, thinking they should master the concept holistically before moving on to other topics.
- [[id:5c603e2c-4dae-465e-abb5-12897ad7466d][Tunnel vision]]: learning new things can be impeded from our own experience.
- Working with solutions can be a trap if you focus solely on the steps.
  + Solution: give time to focus on the bigger picture.
  + Inversely, understanding without the memorization is still bad as [[id:c0e4fb0e-68f2-4db4-8c3e-f5a7845738c3][Understanding comes first from memory]].
Update notes on memory 2021-05-21 15:47:25 +00:00			`:PROPERTIES:`
			`:ID: 9dc7cb08-3aea-4f66-80ac-49a14b4b7642`
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			`#+title: Pitfalls and illusions of competence`
			`#+date: "2021-05-21 19:26:06 +08:00"`
Merge evergreen notes into the notebook Now, it's all under the notebook umbrella. Seems to be appropriate as it is just my notes after all. I also updated some notes from there. I didn't keep track of what it is this time. Something about more learning notes extracted from my "Learning how to learn" course notes and then some. Lack of time and hurriness just makes it difficult to track but it should be under version control already. 2021-07-21 08:28:07 +00:00			`#+date_modified: "2021-07-21 16:14:29 +08:00"`
Update notes on memory 2021-05-21 15:47:25 +00:00			`#+language: en`


			`The learning process is not perfect and just like everything else in life, there are some traps that you could step in.`
			`This could cost you either time or forming bad habits that require unlearning later.`

			`The following is an exhaustive list of things to look out for.`

Restructure and update learning-related notes Well, there is no set boundary what belongs in the hierarchical notebook and the evergreen notes but I'm starting to lean in combining the two together with a flat hierarchy. Nonetheless, I was able to make more insights from separating them so it's worth it. 2021-07-15 15:46:08 +00:00			`- The [[id:9986bd9e-763e-497e-a35d-ecd0aa93f408][Presence of the material fools students into learning]].`
Merge evergreen notes into the notebook Now, it's all under the notebook umbrella. Seems to be appropriate as it is just my notes after all. I also updated some notes from there. I didn't keep track of what it is this time. Something about more learning notes extracted from my "Learning how to learn" course notes and then some. Lack of time and hurriness just makes it difficult to track but it should be under version control already. 2021-07-21 08:28:07 +00:00			`- [[id:0bb464a1-94c4-4130-bc7d-413465aea8e8][Procrastination]] is a common habitual problem among students, postponing their learning and leading into cramming.`
Restructure and update learning-related notes Well, there is no set boundary what belongs in the hierarchical notebook and the evergreen notes but I'm starting to lean in combining the two together with a flat hierarchy. Nonetheless, I was able to make more insights from separating them so it's worth it. 2021-07-15 15:46:08 +00:00			`- [[id:9138397a-a965-45e9-97ea-71849e8d4f94][Overlearning]] is a habitual problem of students, thinking they should master the concept holistically before moving on to other topics.`
			`- [[id:5c603e2c-4dae-465e-abb5-12897ad7466d][Tunnel vision]]: learning new things can be impeded from our own experience.`
Update evergreen notes on the learning process 2021-06-13 04:19:06 +00:00			`- Working with solutions can be a trap if you focus solely on the steps.`
			`+ Solution: give time to focus on the bigger picture.`
			`+ Inversely, understanding without the memorization is still bad as [[id:c0e4fb0e-68f2-4db4-8c3e-f5a7845738c3][Understanding comes first from memory]].`