Stop Doing Tutorials. Learn Programming Like This by Axel Casas, Ph D Candidate Python in Plain English
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Back when I was a Psychology undergraduate student, I started studying Python with Coursera’s courses. I watched and rewatched videos until I gained some familiarity, fluency, and understanding of…
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If I had to start learning Python again, I would do it differently.
Back when I was a Psychology undergraduate student, I started studying Python with Coursera’s courses. I watched and rewatched videos until I gained some familiarity, fluency, and understanding of the concepts.
“I learned Python, yay!” I thought.
Well, not really. When I took my first programming test, I realized I didn’t know how to code. I stared at the computer trying to figure out how to start writing the first few lines.
This is the modern illusion of learning.
So please, don’t learn like I did. Do this instead.
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Let’s start with what I mean by learning effectively.
Learning is about linking information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. Rereading and rewatching, for example, gives you some fluency in the concepts you are studying, but they “save” that information in your short-term, working memory.
This is why you think you learned something when you didn’t.