Holistic Study

Followed up are copy from book “Learn More Study Less”-Scott Young. For note taking only.

Sequence of holistic learning

1. Acquire - The point at which information enters through your eyes and ears. Reading, taking notes in a class or personal experiences are all part of the Acquire Phase. The goal here is to get accurate information in the most compressed form.
2. Understand - Understanding means taking raw information and giving it a context. This would be the most basic interlinking you would need to perform in order to learn.
3. Explore - The Explore Phase is really where holistic learning takes full force. Here you form the models, highways and broader connections needed for well defined constructs.
4. Debug - The Debug Phase looks for errors in your models and highways. This phase prunes back your connections so invalid ones won’t remain, or will be constrained to the area they work.
5. Apply - The Apply Phase takes debugging to the final level by making adjustments compared to how this information operates in reality. Having a set of understandings is useless if they aren’t tailored to the real world. Failure on this step could be an example of people who have book-smarts but can’t seem to use them outside the class.
6. Test - Continuously you should be testing your methods and learning throughout all six stages. This will help you quickly identify problems in the system you use for learning, and help you develop new techniques to combat weaknesses.

Acquiring for Simplicity, Volume and Speed

3 major ways to explore ideas: Depth, Lateral and Vertical

Questions to ask during Test Phase

1. Acquire: Have I seen/listened to the idea before?
2. Understand: Do I get(at a surface level) what this idea means?
3. Explore: Do I understand where this idea comes from, what it is related to and what outside ideas con be connected with it?
4. Debug: Have I removed inappropriate links between this idea and others? Have I removed false conclusions based on connections that don’t actually exist?
5. Apply: Have I used this idea in my practical life?

Common structure of information

1. Arbitrary: Arbitrary information is a set of facts, dates, definitions or rules that have no logical grouping.
2. Opinion: Opinion information is information you need to argue.
3. Process: Process information is information you need to act upon.
4. Concrete
5. Abstract

Holistic Learning Methods

Acquiring Ideas

1. Speed Reading
2. Flow-Base Note-taking

Linking Ideas

1. Metaphor
2. Visceralization（Visceral and Visualization)
3. Diagraming

Handling the Arbitrary

1. Linking
2. Pegging
3. Information Compression

Extending Ideas

1. Practical Usage
2. Model Debugging
3. Project-Based Learning