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How to Learn Math

Stanford University

1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2014 · score 0.7

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A short Stanford online course on how to learn mathematics effectively, covering study approaches rather than specific math content. It consists of about six lessons of roughly 20 minutes each.

Commenters point to it as a short, useful guide to how to approach learning math, though it does not teach mathematics directly.

General Learningbeginnerfreevideo lectures#study skills#learning techniques#mathematics education#stanford

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  1. Recommendsdoublewhy2014in “Ask HN: How or where to begin learning mathematics from first principles?”

    Stanford has a great online course titled "How to Learn Math". It doesn't answer your question directly, but explains what approach should you take to learn math effectively. Course is very short, just 6 lessons by 20 minutes each.

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