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As <a href="/wiki/2021-05-20-20-20-19">Involuntary attention switch is good for preventing tunnel vision</a>, it lets you make connections between them and even form new perspectives or sudden realizations when learning a topic.
</p><p>Despite the perceived quality of public education, this is how students went through to choose their career.
</p><p>You can choose to switch between topics of different scope either from specific concept to a wildly different topic altogether.
</p><p>Some examples...
</p><ul><li><p>Studying different entire fields of knowledge.
Set a study session for music, programming, and mathematics.
You can then apply those topics by doing related to it like <a href="roam:Live coding">roam:Live coding</a>.
</p></li><li><p>Reading books of different topics in parallel.
</p></li><li><p>Solving different types of problems in one session.
Instead of studying one type of problem at a time, you study three.
</p></li><li><p>Solving one difficult problem then taking a break.
Knowing about <a href="/wiki/learning.modes">Learning modes</a> and can depend on our emotion, taking a break is a good advice.
</p></li></ul><p>Switching between context doesn&#x27;t necessarily mean equally dividing the time.
In a way, you&#x27;re practicing <a href="/wiki/2021-04-07-18-19-11">Spaced repetition</a>.
You still need to prioritize the topic you have difficulties with.
However, you need to watch out for <a href="/wiki/learning.pitfalls.overlearning">Overlearning</a>.
</p><section><h2>Backlinks</h2><ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020-05-07-21-53-21">Evergreen notes</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2020-07-06-03-47-52">Refer to advanced resources when skill-building for a solid short-term goal</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021-05-20-20-20-19">Involuntary attention switch is good for preventing tunnel vision</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021-05-20-20-25-47">Diving head-first with a difficult problem is a good indicator of progress</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021-05-20-20-32-49">Diving head-first into a difficult problem makes a bad start</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021-07-11-20-33-13">Note-taking should make better thinking</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021-07-15-07-43-45">Collecting information to learn new skills</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021-07-22-14-01-10">Communicate with others to learn</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021-07-22-14-02-06">Learning techniques</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021-07-22-14-02-51">Consistency over time creates more progress</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021-08-01-07-50-47">Specific use cases are better than step-by-step tutorials</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021-08-07-11-10-27">Learn with the materials intended for kids</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022-05-20-21-48-41">Learn how to forget</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/learning.pitfalls.overlearning">Overlearning</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/learning.pitfalls.presence-of-material">Presence of the material fools students into learning</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/learning.pitfalls.tunnel-vision">Tunnel vision</a></li></ul></section></main></div><script id="__NEXT_DATA__" type="application/json">{"props":{"pageProps":{"metadata":{"date":"2021-07-17 21:01:18 +08:00","date_modified":"2021-07-21 18:47:20 +08:00","language":"en","source":""},"title":"Switching between different topics makes new perspective","hast":{"type":"root","children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"nav","properties":{"className":"toc"},"children":[{"type":"element","tagName":"ol","properties":{"className":"toc-level 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