Learning How To Learn for Youth

This is a great course. I am a high school teacher and have completed the adult version of this course twice. I am recommending this new course to my students. It is certainly pitched at the right level for high school students and is equally interesting for adults. Well done. From a teaching point of view it certainly provides acknowledgement that many of the "traditional" approaches to teaching are beneficial for growing brain-links. I think it is so exciting to have some knowledge of how our brain works. I think this knowledge can set up our students for a greater sense of control in both their academic and personal lives.

Oh! and by the way, the best part of doing the adult version is receiving the "Cheery Friday Greetings" email. Thank you.

This course was just about perfect, with an upbeat style aimed at young people that can also be enjoyed by adults of any age. Engaging videos, enjoyable exercises, and thoughtful discussion topics were excellently presented. It introduces young people to many helpful learning techniques that will help them throughout their lives.

I did find one aspect of the course quite distracting, and in a course about learning, very irritating. The font used in the video slides used a combination of upper and lower case letters. For example, How to SuCCeeD in SChool Without SPenDing all YouR Time StuDying. It's not quite this distracting because in the videos all the letters are the same height, but because D faces the opposite way to d, my left-handed brain had to take a second look many times. As a child, I had a lot of trouble distinguishing between b and d, 3 and E, and s and z. As for N, which way did it face?

This aspect was a huge disappointment for me. Young readers who might be struggling with reading need the learning materials to be correct.

Because everything else about this course was excellent, I have still rated it 4 stars. I'll probably recommend it to my grandchildren in a few years when they are old enough.

(1) I really liked the format of how it was taught. It didn't feel like a lecture but more like a youtube video that I was watching for my enjoyment during my free time so it was not heavy at all. (2) I really liked how they incorporated visuals in order for us to remember terms and what they do. It made it easier to remember and engaging. (3) I love that it is very interactive especially the mini post test at the end of each sub-module, it really reiterated what we have learned. (4) I like how they cut it into small chunks and distributed it to 3 different modules which made it tolerable and seem not long at all. It was easier to digest that way. (5) I also like the fact that the notes provided was the same format with the videos with pictures which they have used to connect different abstract ideas were present as well. (6) I like that we see our progress and seeing how far we've become. It made me motivated and made me feel accomplished. (7) Lastly, I really liked the fact that it changed my intention in joining this module. Initially, I joined for the extra credit. But I misunderstood, I thought the deadline will be on march 25, little did I know march 25 is the deadline of the access not for the incentive. Despite missing the incentive, I am still surprisingly happy and okay with it. I've learned so much things that goes beyond incentives and this subject. These are things that I can use in my daily life and in my journey as a lifelong learner. I am satisfied and I still feel accomplished.