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Holistic Learning
How to Study Better, Understand More and Actually “Get” What You Want to Learn

Scott H Young http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/

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About the Book
Holistic learning is a process for learning more effectively. The concept for holistic learning came out ofseveral small articles I wrote beginning with a popular entry entitled, “How to Ace Your Finals Without Studying.” The main idea I presented was that some people effortlessly learn new concepts and material while others struggle. I believe that the difference between these factors is mostly due to a process called holistic learning. As many people who read the initial articles on holistic learningcommented, you may notice that your own learning style closely reflects holistic learning. Holistic learning isn't a new technique or revolutionary idea. It is simply a way of explaining how smart people think!

If you don't have time to read the book, here is a quick summary of what it's about:
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Holistic learning is the opposite of rote memorization. Instead of learningthrough force, your goal is to create webs of information that link together. Your goal when learning anything is to create a construct or an underlying understanding. Constructs are formed from models, chunks of understanding that aren't completely accurate but can be used to solve problems. You create webs of information, constructs and models by visceralizing, metaphor and exploring Holistic learningworks with highly conceptual information where there is an underlying system. It doesn't work well with arbitrary information or skills.

Table of Contents
5 8 10 11 13 15 16 18 20 22 24 26 A Quiz and a Contest Holistic Learning: Introduction Holistic Learning VS Rote Memorization Creating a Construct Start With a Model How to Learn Holistically Method One: Visceralization Method Two:Metaphor Method Three: Explore Criticisms of Holistic Learning Summary Continuing With Holistic Learning

It’s already noon and I’m getting that
gnawing feeling in my stomach like a small child making demands in a toy store. I tell myself it’s lunchtime and that seems to satiate me as if I just told the kid he might have the toy if he just shuts up for a bit. The intercom interrupts me and calls medown to the office. What now? “Looks like you have a test to write,” the secretary says cheerfully. What? I don’t remember being asked to write a test. My stomach seems to snarl at me in contempt of my earlier attempts to placate it. “Just go down the hall, you can write your exam in there.” Chemistry. One of those scholastic contests. Usually multiple choice. Although they are supposed to test youon the course material, they always slip in questions based on stuff you’ve never even seen before. Probably to separate out the kids that just went to class and those that went to extended study sessions and bought University textbooks. I just wish I had known about it beforehand. Just get it over with. We didn’t cover most of the questions in class, but a little bit of creativity can go a longway. I have sixty minutes, but I finish in forty. Likely a silent bargain my subconscious made with my digestive system.

Three weeks go by.
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