Learning About Learning Skills
Because learning strategies are important for physical skills like martial arts, and for mental skills like memorization, I have written two articles on the topic.
- On PlayFighting.ca, I discuss Learning Fight Skills
- On MemorizeShakespeare.com, I discuss Learning Memory Skills
Both articles are concerned with the Cone of Learning. That is, your depth of understanding and the amount you remember is based on your sensory experience. The narrow end of the cone is reading. The wide end of the cone is simulating, acting or recreating. Both articles reference a diagram that is very helpful.
The message is the same: books are great to start, but if you want mastery, you’ve got to perform.
