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Is it possible to learn how to learn, and if so, how?
During my educational days I was never actually taught how to learn, obviously this is a bit of a catch 22 question, but after reading books that teach tricks of the memory, and with a higher understanding of how the brain works, would it not be possible to teach people how to learn thereby giving an autonomy to the student, who may then go out and specify their own curriculum?
Peter Mullen
Jul 9 2013: You better believe you can "learn how to learn". I'm gonna tell you how right now. Practice, practice, practice, just like finding Carnegie Hall. Brain science tells us, that every time one performs any task, riding a bicycle, reading a book, playing cards, skiing down a mountain, eating an ice cream cone, new (neurons) are being constructed into networks, bundles, they process (previously encountered stimuli), and now must process the (new information) encountered in the (new experience). As the brain processes stimuli from the new environment, or activity, it must deliver the response to those (developing new muscle tissue), in the (new sequence) to (new cells). I often tell kids to think of plants growing toward the light as an analogy. It's a (constant feed back construction process) of muscle tissue, and neuron tissue.What ever you do towards the end product of information gathering will strengthen the neuron pathways to process more information and more and more. Given enough (nutrients),(rest) and (repetition) and absence of pathology one can learn just about anything.Jul 8 2013: I am not a scholar or anything on this subject, but I am avid reader and I have read a beautiful book "The Practicing Mind" by Thomas M. Sterner ( http://www.thepracticingmind.com/ ) , on this topic. He lays out a simple but an effective way of understanding of how learning happens and how it can be improved. Even though the underlying concepts are age old and complex, he puts some of the simple methods that can followed and applied in every day life. It helped me a lot honestly.
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pat gilbert
Jul 7 2013: Lot to say about this but suffice it to say learning and looking are the same thing.
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You appear to have the required prerequisite of knowing that you don't know which is a common impediment to not looking.
Second thing I would say is stay interested and do not become interesting.
Jul 7 2013: "stay interested and do not become interesting."
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Priceless Pat....Jul 6 2013: It's not the setting Oliver is tackling, but I used to help teams "learn"...:
- http://www.ybnd.eu/docs/Learn_reeng.pdf
- http://www.ybnd.eu/docs/CM_wks.pdf
For adults, it's rather a matter of:
- Discarding assumptions (mostly outside their professional field of expertise), than improving sheer knowledge;
- "Joining brains", than solving problems in isolation.
As a general approach to learning, I'd suggest to differentiate among three different ways of learning:
- Type 1: gathering new information;
- Type 2: paradigm change as a specific unforeseen event;
- Type 3: Repetitive / continuous, voluntary / purposeful paradigm change.
I view intelligence as the capability of (plastically) changing "representations", i.e. how all the information gathered so far in time is organized "after" vs. "before" the latest bit of information is received (cfr. learning type 3).
And it's not the "processing" of the information that makes intelligence, but the capability of "storing" it in a plastically changing organized way.
How to teach this...? Well, it's not straightforward, or trivial.
I duly "provoke people to rethink". Maybe it works with youngsters, too.
Incidentally, "learning to learn" is Edgar Morin's "method".
Scott Bell
Jul 4 2013: desire to learn is the only thing necessary. if there is no desire, let them sleep. they will awaken one day in their own time.......no one teaches a flower to open.
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Jul 6 2013: "no one teaches a flower to open." - two thumbs up.
However, my 15-year-old can sleep till 2pm and still wake up without any desire to go to school or do homework. I have a plant that had flowers when our friend gave it to us last year. I planted the bulb in the yard this year, the leaves grew up, but there are no flowers. I think, I planted it too late. Sometimes, flowers never open. They may need the right conditions.
Jul 6 2013: :-)
I was the same at 15.....thus, the only prodding I received from my parents was to get a job. My sleep patterns changed shortly thereafter......and I began to see the connections between education & work.Jul 3 2013: Check out this wiki; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning
"Learning is acquiring new, or modifying and reinforcing existing, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information." (from wiki)
Apply the above definition to the process of learning to your example of reading books on learning.
Did the books add to your knowledge?
Did they change your behaviors, increase your skills, change your values or alter your preferences?
Did they help or hurt how you learn?
Did what you learned improve your general intelligence and capacity to learn new things?
Did what you learn change your level of curiosity about learning?
Did what you learn change your level of awareness about a subject?
I think the answer to the first part of your question is 'yes' and the answer to the second part is to increase your understanding of the influential factors associated the process of learning, as well as your general knowledge.
This could be a change to behaviors (lack of sleep, abuse of drugs, poor diet), try to understand how and why the authors of what you read believe that what they put forward is truth. How did they reach their conclusions? Do you understand the method they applied? What makes one author's opinion on a subject better than another author's opinion? Do you agree with his reasoning?
How does what the author puts forward line up with your own values?
Gradually increasing independent study for students until they are autonomous learners is a good plan. However, we need parents, teachers, and authors to initially guide them through the basics and synthesize for them to allow them to take advantage of prior knowledge and lessons learned.Jul 10 2013: My opinion is that the quest of every student - at least, a hard-working one - is to learn how to learn. This sort of thinking can sound a little optimizer, but also includes that we, as students, have to improve step-by-step: a new concept learned can be used to learn another one and, for me, is how the "knowledge network" happens. It's possible to learn how to learn, however, the way we do it is very specific, because different things make different senses for different people.
Mahan Vaz
Jul 10 2013: I sincerely think it is possible to learn how to learn. But also, I think this is very specific for each other, depending on the issue the subject is trying to learn and the experience of the subject with the issue. Associating things, for me, works perfectly. But this my way of learning. Other people think differently from me. So, I think it's some sort of self knowledge that's behind learning how to learn and, also, that it works specifically for each person. And I think everyone can learn everything, even if, for some, it is more difficult. Nothing is impossible to learn( it includes learning how to learn hehe)Jul 8 2013: A fascinating question. Given the many kinds of learning there are, I don't think it's a catch-22! As a scientist, the most important thing I ever learned was... how to learn:
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How to study: specific tactics to absorb and retain new facts
How to observe: art classes in how to carefully observe the world and notice new things
How to conduct a scientific experiment: training in how to rigorously test a hypothesis to learn a fact no one has yet learned
I think the giving students autonomy should be the goal of every teacher, but not only by teaching memorization skills - also problem-solving skills, creative thinking skills, organizational skills, tactics to improve self-motivation and self-esteem, and the experience of being thrilled to learn something new. With confidence and a hyper-diverse skill set (and this relates back to the many mentions here of Sugata Mitra), students are then best empowered to chase down and take command of any kind of new knowledge on their own, no teacher required.
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Jul 9 2013: So true!! ........"Everybody is a genius........but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree...... it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid".
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Jul 9 2013: My dear Juliette, I want to reply with B.Bettelheim's words: "I genitori devono avere (o imparare ad avere) fiducia nel figlio e raggiungere la certezza interiore che il loro figliiolo riesca bene nella vita. Un genitore quasi perfetto non deve avere fiducia soltanto in sè e nel mondo in cui vive, ma anche nel figlio...è la fiducia che noi mettiamo nei suoi confronti che fa sorgere nel bambino un senso personale di fiducia in se stesso e nelle proprie capacità".
Se posso commentare direi che i genitori dovrebbero smettere di programmare il destino dei figli -che non sono loro, bensì della vita- al fine di lasciarli liberi di crescere secondo la loro propria vocazione. Thank you.
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Jul 9 2013: I agree, those are great words...we can do this:)... When we can keep in mind that children are our future, and that they are our hopes and dreams, we should allow them to be who they are. Having confidence in our sons and daughters, and our students, is the way forward.
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Quando siamo in grado di tenere a mente che i bambini sono il nostro futuro, e che sono le nostre speranze e sogni, dovremmo permettere loro di essere quello che sono. Avere fiducia nei nostri figli e figlie, ei nostri studenti, è la via da seguire.
"You can't teach children to be good. The best you can do for your child is to live a good life yourself. What a parent knows and believes, the child will lean on."
Adesso:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h11u3vtcpaYJul 7 2013: That is the real meaning of being taught...given the tools with which to continue self-education during one's whole lifetime. But one needs to take into consideration common sense and wisdom lest we become robotic factually over-knowledgeable.
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Jul 7 2013: If you are Earthling, you are born with learning already hardwired and high priority coded in your DNA, so you need no further to look for your teacher than nature. If you are Intelligent life from another galaxy, beam us up ...on a second thought (and after today's google doodle)....just send someone to give us a TED talk about your Planet :):)
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Meanwhile, here's some inspiration from Black (click subtitles in your language and listen to his good words) http://www.ted.com/talks/black_my_journey_to_yo_yo_mastery.htmlJul 7 2013: Brain Science...
Every time I read about neural plasticity, I think of Vygostky's Social Constructivist Theory. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/grey-matters--4 Watch her youtube video linked. It explains her ambition and vision to make the documentary. I so support her in this effort! and it goes right along with your question.Jul 7 2013: The children learns to speak and to count before to go to school. Questo fatto è una fortuna perchè la scuola certamente avrebbe complicato il processo di apprendimento a causa del modo tradizionale di porgere le materie di studio.
II bambino impara in tanto in quanto è plastico, curioso, disponibile, provando e riprovando seleziona ed accumula l'essenziale. Per imparare ad imparare mancano solo due condizioni: da un lato, occorre incontrare un maestro capace di trasmettere almeno in parte la consapevolezza di una propria testa che lavora;dall'altro è necessario scoprire che se ci si appassiona, ci si interessa, ci si emoziona, si farebbe meno fatica ad imparare e si conserverebbe meglio ciò che si è capito (la memoria è aiutata dallo stato psichico positivo). Thank you
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Jul 8 2013: "la memoria è aiutata dallo stato psichico positivo". Bravo!!
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"memory is aided by the positive state of mind."
Children don't learn from teachers they don't like (paraphrasing Ms. Rita)
ascolta: http://www.ted.com/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion.html
Every child deserves a CHAMPION:)Jul 7 2013: Yes, it is possible to learn how to learn. One way to do so is to get a better understanding of how you structure, acquire and retain information. Dr. Lois Breuer Krause developed a system for doing this called a cognitive profile. Her short and highly useful book, How We Learn and Why We Don't explains the method that is based on her research with students, helping them learn. When I discovered her work and applied it to myself a door was unlocked revealing new understanding that helped explain a longstanding mystery which completely changed how I view the world & my place in it. Afterward, I assigned the use of Dr. Krause's method to students taking Intro Psych with great success for them as well. You can learn more about it at http://www.cognitiveprofile.com. Take a look. You might find it helpful.Jul 7 2013: Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment program (FIE) allows every person, beyong age and severity of the deficiency, to improve his or her learning potential.
Have a look, it's worth it!Jul 6 2013: I believe that self learning is better than the conventional wisdom and learning process. This world and the generation is filled with fast learners with instant access to information sitting in thier pockets in the form of mobile browsers. If one does not know something today, it is most likely becasue they havent taken the inititiative to self education and learn. Ignorance is now almost like a choice. Well, that is for the most part of the world who can afford to own and access a browser.
We are inquisitive by nature...I guess the difference is in taking the efort to either self educate and form our own opinions or resort to borrowed wisdom and live as per other peoples wisdom and opinions.
TEDxtalk about this: http://youtu.be/a181ctQyGY4Jul 6 2013: The secret of learning is humility; knowing that no matter how much you know, there is so much more to learn. We also have our areas of strengths and weaknesses; so focus on your talents, abilities and natural endowments. Seek to know more along these lines.
James Davis
Jul 6 2013: If by this question you mean "is it possible to adopt strategies to improve learning", the answer is yes. In my experience, this involves: (1) developing an understanding of types of learning modalities and models, and (2) assessing which ones my brain is good at.
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There is much written about different learning methods/modalities: (1) learning by being told/rote learning/memorization, (2) learning of concepts by generalization or specialization (given training instances of problems, grasp the principles of the concept, or given the concept to be learned, try and recognize or create new instances, or (3) learning by analogy (which applies several different mechanisms). There's a lot written about these and other learning mechanisms. A lot of work was carried out in the 1980s in the AI research community to discern how humans learned, as the goal was to incorporate human learning mechanisms into machines (machine learning) or to use computers to teach (computer-based training).
In today's technology, learning packages for languages (e.g., Rosetta Stone) presumably employ different learning methods, and a lot of immersion, to use different parts of the brain to enable efficient and effective learning of concepts (in this case, a foreign language).
But a key point is that "one size doesn't necessarily fit all" when it comes to learning packages or courses, in that different people--due to their genetics or their environment--either don't have the brain machinery, or these areas are not fully developed. My PhD research advisor had a maxim that I've also used over the years: "train the brain, it's a learning machine".
I've just provided some background. The quest to be a better lifelong learner is yours. Hope this is helpful. Best of luck.
Pamela Kewin
Jul 6 2013: We are born knowing how to learn. Watch Dr Sugata Mitra's talks on how children teach themselves how to use computers. They even taught themselves English to better understand them.
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Maybe what you are talking about is learning some kind of tricks to keep the knowledge in your head for longer?Jul 6 2013: I happen to stumble across this talk by the young and insightful Jacob Barnett, who has some interesting suggestions:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq-FOOQ1TpEJul 6 2013: Aren't children born with ability to learn? May be, the trick is not to forget the skill?
Just watch a child learning to walk. She does not know she cannot walk. She does not know she can fall and hurt herself. She just does it.
Reading all the comments, it appears to me that obstacles to learning are "learned" - fear of learning seems to come from past unpleasant experiences with learning. May be, instead of learning how to learn, we need to "unlearn what we have learned" - the fear, the idea that we are "unable", etc.
I went to the swimming pool with my kids last weekend. We don't go to swimming pools often - this was, perhaps, third time in the life of my 6-year-old son. He was very excited and eager to go down the water slide, but his first slide ended up splashing into water where his feet did not reach the bottom, and he had hard time keeping his head up, although he had a floatation vest on. I picked him up within a few seconds, but he did not go down that slide again.
Johnny Atman
Jul 4 2013: Learning is such a difficult subject and going to school is not about learning but about parroting and remembering.
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Learning is based on the premises of not knowing, thus discovery is the premises of learning, not ingesting and regurgitating.
What our society call learning is nothing but brainwashing.
Learning begins with self-knowledge, self discovery.
You can know the whole universe, but if you don't know yourself, you are a stranger. To yourself.
Learning is not about grades and accolades but being free from ignorance.
Ignorance rules the world at this hour.
We live in darkness, ruled by thought. Or thought-based consciousness.
Which is ignorance. We believe thought to be real but it is only a messenger.
The source is deep, but we are ignorant, we mistake the message for the source.
And in doing so we live shallow lives.
Shallow means dissatisfying.
And then we invent happiness, another word, and we chase it.
Happiness is the source, the true I AM, not the word I AM.
But we are afraid that without words we get lost.
Gospel of Thomas:
2 Jesus said, "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. 2When
they find, they will be disturbed. 3When they are disturbed, they will marvel, 4
and will rule over all."
3 Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the (Father's) imperial rule is
in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. 2If they say to you, 'It is
in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. 3Rather, the (Father's) imperial rule
is inside you and outside you. 4When you know yourselves, then you will be
known, and you will understand that you are children of the living Father. 5But
if you do not know yourselves, then you live in poverty, and you are the
Word merely point to something that is preceding experience, consciousness.
But when words are self-reflective, the loop is closed and the Great Darkness descends..which is the Ego, self-reflective, narcissistic, selfishness embodied.
Awaken, humans, awaken!
Jul 7 2013: thank you, deep but true
bart hsi
Jul 4 2013: Let me tell you my own experience of learning how to learn.
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1. Read whatever books or materials which are of interest to you. Now, in order to read as much as possible, you must train yourself to speed up in reading. You could either use "speed reading" technique, or train your self to a style that you glance over the material you are reading quickly because in an ordinary sentence , there are usually only portion of the words are crucial to the real meaning, the rest are actually just the grammatical or conventional words which are not crucial to the meaning of the entire sentence. Of course you have to be careful if you are editing an article, then you have to examine every word in it, otherwise you don't need to do so.
2. When you read something involving logical thinking, such as math, proof/justification, etc., you should be able to work out the true or false in your head quickly without write them down in trial-and-error steps. Like a good chess player, you should be able to think at least 3 or 4 steps ahead. If you train yourself to do it routinely, then that will also speed up your pace of learning, as well as facilitate your own learning efficiency.
3. There is a method of "pattern recognition" which can recognize one thing (mostly shapes) from another. You can extend the pattern recognition on different "shapes" to all kinds of numerical, logical or games when you always try to find patterns for a particular questions or challenges. For example, the spelling and pronunciation of a word almost always follows certain pattern with occasional deviation, so that the spelling bee winners can work out the answers depending not on memories alone. This actually is applicable to all topics in science, technology as well as in humanity and arts. For example an expert in certain field will be able to identify the "author" from only a part of the artwork, or a passage of an essay or music, etc. This ability will help you to "fill" the gaps of many academic activities.Jul 4 2013: I watched the recommended video, it's wonderful isn't it? Almost the concept of being led to learn rather than forced to. Suggest that social dynamic plays a huge role in the willingness to learn. Yet still, I wonder if such techniques as the memory palace or a derivative coupled with deep learning couldn't be part of the curriculum. It seems that the abstract nature of maths is a stumbling block, where as the abstract nature of art isn't. Is this a difference between an open loop of learning and a feedback loop where the student sees results?
Jul 4 2013: Oliver, I agree. Math seems so abstract and boring. I mentioned below how much I have struggled with my daughter and her strong dislike of math. But then we went on the Khan Academy site to learn computer graphics and suddenly the whole concept of graphing clicked. It was wonderful.
That video has changed the way I deal with my children and guiding them in their learning process. ( They attend a school, but now homework and summer work is approached completely differently. )Jul 4 2013: Asking question is great way to open door of learning.
One can practice questioning , but great questions comes out curiosity. Staying curious is the key than to be able to ask great questions ..........
Jul 6 2013: Good point.
Learning to ask questions is more important than learning the answers.Jul 4 2013: There is a book I read, which I'm a lot of you are familiar with, which is called the talent code. From my layman's perspective, this said we need passion and deep learning, so the ability to love the concept and not be afraid of going back over what we keep failing at is the key. There is a physiological effect of this called miolin, sorry, the spelling may be wrong, I'm blind so listened to it on audio book, but the effect is a sort of insulation which allows faster processing of our thoughts. There are some amazing ideas in this thread, how do we now get this into education... probably too late for a lot of us due to the decrease in brain plasticity, but surely there should be some more strategic way of developing this in our young.
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Jul 4 2013: "There are 3 basic learning styles and teachers need to be aware of a students learning style and may have to adapt the lesson so it fits more learning styles or some students will struggle. Once a student understand their learning style they can find ways to learn any subject that might interest them."
That is exactly what I said.Jul 3 2013: It starts with the person's own interest.
Jul 3 2013: I am interested in Math, but I dont know how to learn it
when I see all that formulas it scares me to hell, I close the book.
Interesting point, just wonder how can it work.
Jul 3 2013: If you tell me what you want to learn about math and where you would say you are in your understanding, I can probably give you some ideas on where to start, both review materials and new.
Jul 3 2013: Fritzie,
Thanks for your offer...
I am not a student any more.
a few years ago, I gave up Computing Science (IT programming) for one reason... I couldn't understand math, (yet it was Statistic Mathematics and in Dutch language (which is not my mother tongue))
nowadays, when I open any Negotiation Books which explains Mathematics in Negotiation, it drives me crazy...
I am good at languages... give me a book, that it written in Chinese or Arabic, I will tell you what the book was about in six months or so. (I am not familiar with those languages).
now ... I just want to know HOW much Interest has got to do here? what about the ability?
I cant play any musical instrument, yet I love guitar, piano, violin...
Is there something wrong with my interest of ability?Jul 3 2013: I would respectfully suggest that those who work or do research in education know that interest is not enough. It is a very useful condition for learning, but some people can learn material well while having no interest in it and others struggle even though they are interested.
Jul 3 2013: that is what I was saying, Fritzie,
Interest ONLY isnt enough.... ability play role too,
and above all, Communications between teacher and student.Jul 3 2013: Go to Kahn Academy, sign in & rock out. They have a math tutorial program that is really cool. Keeps me engaged for hours.Jul 4 2013: The problem is that it scares you to hell. If you really want to do this, start with the most simple arithmetics, follow the process step by step, try and remember what it was (or do it for the first time), to understand first addition, subtraction, then how multiplication builds on addition, etc. Math builds on previous math.
I was kinda gifted with math. Yet, I left math for such a long while that later I developed fear for equations, I would truly miss the whole point of some article because it had equations. That experience allowed me to understand that fear is a main factor why students fail at math. Anyway, I made a conscious decision to look patiently and carefully, and the old me started coming back. Now I have no fear. I discovered that part of the problem was that I lost the patience that I had when I was younger. Math formulas have to be looked at carefully to understand where each term comes from, etc. Rushing lead me to fear. Leaving the fear out of the equation and arming myself with patience paid off.
Maybe this is a good point to make. If people want to learn to learn, work towards being patient and to look carefully. Aim at understanding even if that will take time training yourself to pay attention for long enough periods of time.
Interest, patience and persistence.Jul 6 2013: Are you interested in math or in something else for which you need math or someone convinced you that you need math?
Why would you need math to learn how to negotiate?
When a child learns to catch a ball, he knows nothing about mechanics, gravity, aerodynamics, or calculus. It seems to me, math is not necessary to understand rather complex physical and social processes. I'm sure, most poker champions have a very vague idea about probabilities, permutations, and such. It seems to me that understanding of a subject does not come from learning the underlying math. Perhaps, understanding of the underlying math comes from understanding the subject first.
I believe, I read somewhere than Einstein struggled with math as a school boy. Here are a couple of his quotes:
""Do not worry too much about your difficulties in mathematics, I can assure you that mine are still greater."
"Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself any more."
Jul 6 2013: Good point if that were true Keynesian economics would work.
Jul 3 2013: Yes, it is possible. I believe the first step is to identify the students learning style of preference. There are a few models with their own questionnaires to figure this out. It would be beneficial for an individual to know if they prefer any of the following styles: activist, reflector, theorist, pragmatist, visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, extrovert, introvert, sensor, intuitor, thinker, feeler, among many, yes many, others.Jul 3 2013: its like having the question remember to remember , just as important as learning how to learn being both brain / memory related needs awareness and cognitive abilities as well as practices and techniques,. exercise and reading writing and other mental exercises would help keep an active brain in shape just the way we keep our bodies in shape.
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Stress is needed to activate the sensors in our brains to keep us in our toes and moving .
that's my five cents .......
Fritzie -
Jul 3 2013: Helping students learn how to learn is a big focus, I notice, in classrooms and educational institutions. It takes place over time, though. You cannot teach it in first grade and then expect kids to learn autonomously without guidance as well as they would learn with guidance.
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It is also true that we are built to learn, as are other animals. What we can learn/be coached to do is to learn more efficiently than we would otherwise and to learn, for example, how to evaluate the relative quality of pieces of information that do not lend themselves to immediate empirical test.Jul 9 2013: I think it isn't needed in humans to learn to learn, for humans our innate adaptability allows us to make sense of all that is around us. we would use our senses to view the world then give it meaning. for instance if we see scribbles on paper and have no clue what it says we could give it meaning and use it to learn to communicate.
I do agree however that there a need for autonomy in what learn and are taught. but as we are taught it is the ability to communicate together that allows us to learn and teach ourselves to learn more easily. with the idea of brain training or teaching people to learn we produce a cyclical problem were we stunt our innate abilities to teach our self what we do by instinct and evolution. by being free to learn without too much interference we can develop ourselves and others far better.Jul 9 2013: learning seems to be considered a innate thing, yet it is clear that most of the people suffer from some sort of deficiency in this regard, I wonder if it has to do with pollution, or a infection...
mnemonics, is a system to learn a ton of things right? I wonder as it is a system that is almost unknown world wide.
currently I have seen how new cures for learning impairments are developed and how a ton of nations neglect the people in need of such procedures,
I wonder why the international community hasn't put a stop to such neglect...Jul 9 2013: My short response: yes. A good conversation. I believe that instead of teaching these tricks to learning outdated and irrelevant information in schools, we should be giving kids authentic experiences in order for them to have the chance to learn, apply and have success. That way, kids will within themselves know that they CAN learn what needs to be learned and will be able to reapply those successful strategies next time there is something they feel needs to be learned.Jul 8 2013: Well, learning how to learn is not an easy way. Suppose, mankind has yet to know about supernova. There you find only two persons in the history working separately observing stars. Supernova was discovered by Evans with a 12 inch long telescope and with a simplest method, he found an addition in his counting which he declared a New Star. While Hubble did research in Physics to construct a bigger telescope to find the same answer, yet that was not the sole purpose of that telescope. Both learned that stars are emerging from nowhere, Evans method was simple and conclusive, Hubble s research is expansive and leading one. You may always find a new way to learn how to learn, The logic of learning is evolutionary and will always find a better way to learn. I feel, Nature always tells the truth, however we may confuse with illusions. Today, we recognize that we revolve around sun but we see otherwise everyday, every season, We also aware moon spins around us and we see the same. Human mind could not solve this puzzle for ages yet remained proud of its knowledge and learning skills. As of today, the most difficult study may be understanding of universe from theory of relativity and big bang frame drag, complex quantum and particle physics, mathematical non linear motions and countless other subjects. These readings are difficult to comprehend all alone because it may take all of your age to understand only the basic knowledge of angular momentum if you are low IQ. Yet, only one genius of mankind may solve some problems as Einstein did when he was serving as examiner. He published his papers when he was just a bureaucrat who learned how to learn physics alone. But once he found a class room and lab, he solved almost every big problem. Today, We can learn the way he learned to learn, but we should not think like him. Because he submitted to unimaginable bend and today we need to think beyond his submission to mystery. Learning, how to learn is a life long process for us.Jul 8 2013: To be meta-cognitive is to think about thinking. When you understand how YOU learn best and apply that to what you are learning you have learned how to learn. When you are confident in you abilities because you know how you learn best you will be a confident and curious learner who can set personal learning goals and gain autonomy. I am very proud of the Calgary Board of Education and the school I teach at right now because this has been our specific focus and it has made a difference in the lives of our students. Self-reflection and goal setting are paramount .Jul 8 2013: My dear Juliette, credo che una buona idea possa essere condivisa ed apprezzata anche se detta 2500 anni fa o da uno che vive a 6000 Km di distanza. Thank youJul 7 2013: Wayne, thank you. That is a very interesting perspective that I had not considered.Jul 6 2013: very interesting. Learn to lean to lean to learnJul 6 2013: On the matter of learning, I am not a PHD or even that verse. I have a question I would like to get some feedback on. I love golf. I have been playing for many years. The mechanics of the address and swinging the club to do what I want it to do still escapes me. Sometimes it is perfect. At other times, it is like I never saw a pitching wedge. I know in my mind every aspect and the logic behind hitting the ball. Making it happen 75% of the time is the problem. Is this a matter of concentration or learning?
Jul 6 2013: Dear Ed,
I am not playing golf, but I know that learning the Alexander-Technique can help in improving the way you use your self, while playing golf - making your playing more reliable. It is all about un-learning habitual tensions than learning something new. There are articles on the internet about the Alexander-Technique and golf, enjoy reading. Maybe this is a starting point for you. Best wishes, Pia
Jul 6 2013: You may have something there. Maybe it IS more about unlearning than learning. Or just as important. Anyway, it would explain why kids pick new things up so much faster. They don't have anything to unlearn. What a blessing. Thank youJul 6 2013: "Is it possible to learn how to learn, and if so, how?"
Your question reflects a serious lack of understanding and an absence of information.
As a place to start, your question can usefully be restated in the following way:
"Is it possible to learn how to learn, how to learn, how to learn?"
This inquiry requires four "learns" before the person asking the question is ready to explore and experience the required comprehension. Like everything else in life this topic needs to be approached, 'First things first, one thing at a time'. A fact that is very much like 'patience', the state of mind can only be taught by means of life's impacts, brainwashing and conditioned reflexes won't work.
As I will explain below, in my experience I do not believe anyone can understand the answer to your the question without prior corresponding experiences that give life to the words and concepts. When experience is already in place, in some circumstances, verbally describing the experience can be useful.
There is no doubt other interesting comments can be made here, however without feedback, to add anything more serves no purpose.
So …
A central point to the whole question of education and learning is described, in terms of the constructs for understanding. Recent developments in the cognitive sciences suggest that no one can put anything into their mind when the underpinnings for comprehension are not present in mind.Jul 6 2013: I do not think it matters that they recognize it back when it is occurring but they will later in life. The discussions at the dinner table when I was growing which covered a gamut of topics taught me so much about thinking, discussion, debate, understanding. I did not really understand what I had learnt until so many years later.Jul 6 2013: Hell I don't know.
But one thing I have always done that has helped me is when I learn something, anything at all,
I try to engage others in talking about it.
Just explaining it shows me how well I know it and telling them or explaining it to them teaches me about it. In other words, it improves my learning about it and my learning in general.
It's part of that saying, "in teaching you are taught."
I think it is of importance to understand or know how you individually learn. It may not be like anyone else or there may be some wrinkles in your process that aren't in other people's learning process.
Being open-minded is also excellent for learning.
Jul 8 2013: Most insightful reply.
Another failsafe method, stop talking!
Jul 8 2013: Okay.
Mummmmmmmmms the worJul 6 2013: You need a basic 'theory of truth' before you can really 'learn how to learn' but someone who has it figured out is the guy who wrote C++ primer plus, his 'basic pedogogy' (how to teach someone) is written inside the primer. It is a great beginning on how to 'learn how to learn' by Stephen Prata.
Stephen Prata could probably teach you how to learn ANY subject if he lived long enough to write primers for everything. You should by the book and read through his sections on learning.
Here's the link:
Here's a quote from a review "This is the overall best C++ book for both beginner and intermediate programmers. As a self-learning student struggling to fully understand C++, i have gone through most, if not all, of the popular C++ books. My quest for the ultimate introductory and user-friendly C++ self-learning guide finally ended when i bought this one after reading several online recommendations from experienced teachers and successful C++ students."
"The author of C++ Primer Plus introduces the basic topics, without assuming prior knowledge and this approach definitely helps you to build a solid background."Jul 6 2013: Operant conditioning, also called instrumental learning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioningJul 5 2013: Once you start memorizing stuffs from books and some tips that others willy-nilly gave you,
Strangely, you find yourself learning from what you've done so far,
There's no particular way to learn how to learn.
That's why we're individuals, not the same.
There may be some tricks as to memorizing or solving specific problems, one can find the 'right' way to learn from what he's been doing unless he disregards his own thoughts.Jul 5 2013: Want to teach people how to learn then teach them how to watch and listen.
Jul 6 2013: Try not to talk to much while you are at it :-).Jul 4 2013: This is a very interesting question. Having worked in schools and with young people, I have a knee-jerk response but I think I should think about it more before I say anything to be conclusive....Jul 4 2013: Are you aware about Sugata Mitra's 'Hole-in-the-wall' project? His argument of non-instructive and participatory learning is compelling.
The Educational system that we see now is the mutant of a colonial instruction based system aimed at production. This, IMO, is not naturally connected to learning which in its true essence is a participatory, trail and error, experiential process. In its most basic form this participation can be with your own body (learning swimming and by-cycling) where you have no algorithm available (it's not practically possible to write down a 'how-to' when there are hundreds of muscles and their split second co-ordination are involved). In the other end of the spectrum this can be participation with the members of your society (learning how to invest in a stock market).
So it appears to me that the learning that matters is how to learn. Great teachers help to explain that to you.Jul 4 2013: This is fascinating. There are so many trains of thought on this. I think that the actually process of gaining knowledge ( learning ) is deeply personal and we "trip" on them many times by accident. I believe that one needs to build habits and then tweak them. I also think that children need to see some applicability to knowledge. For example, my tween daughter hates math. But she loves anything artistic. I went on Khan Academy and we learned that to do graphic arts one needs to understand graphing, coordinates and the points of origin. Suddenly, it all clicked for her and she can "draw" things with that knowledge.
The following talk by Sugata Mitra is absolutely fascinating.
http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.htmlJul 4 2013: Creating a curriculum is tough business, even for those who are experts at something. Now, it isn't impossible for someone with no experience in something to learn a subject with no guidance from a teacher. However, the major disadvantage of self teaching is usually the amount of time investment needed to learn a subject. The results obviously depend greatly on the subject and the ability of the student. Not to mention access to certain resources such as literature, media, etc.Jul 4 2013: I asked that question of several people that question - how did you learn to learn and when? The when became the interesting point. By the way, these individuals were all individuals with phd's.
one stated they learnt in grad school and the others said undergrad or at home. Almost none indicated they learned how to learn in k-12., I find that to be a shame. The key is the questioning of authority and questioning the facts and questioning yourself.
All said that the arguments and debates were the basis of the process of learning to learn.
Jul 4 2013: I am not sure that my children understand that they are learning how to learn in their elementary school. But I think that they are. They are also learning critical thinking. It is difficult to look back as an adult and recognize that you recognized it back then.
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Jul 6 2013: I do not think it matters that they recognize it back when it is occurring but they will later in life. The discussions at the dinner table when I was growing which covered a gamut of topics taught me so much about thinking, discussion, debate, understanding. I did not really understand what I had learnt until so many years later.Jul 3 2013: It is more a matter of which program works best for you
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1 Some learn by reading
2 Some learn by observing
3 Some only learn by peeing on the electric fenceJul 3 2013: The human brain is pre-wired in the LEARN mode. It is arrogant to think we hold the key to another person's ability to acquire knowledge. Sure, there are helpful memorization techniques and proven effective teaching tools, but they assist in learning itself which is not the same as HOW we learn. We breath, we struggle to stay alive, we acquire knowledge, all without being taught. You are born knowing how to learn. From there on your environment can exercise and strengthen the ability every day of your life, or it can paralyze the ability and you will drift helplessly toward death.
Jul 3 2013: I don't think the question was geared toward the inherent ability to learn that people have when they are born, but rather the skills that can take that ability and allow a student to use it more effectively and efficiently. Things such as study habits, organizing information, understanding how to ask questions, and so forth. There's more to learning than just memory and intelligence.
Jul 4 2013: You disagree that humans are born able to learn? Why then would it be needful for them to learn how to learn? As I said, and you confirmed by examples, there are tricks and tools which can increase learning efficiency. I take no issue with that, but it remains true that we are born knowing how to learn. How we learn is for Neuroscience to explore, while the optimization of teaching methods is for Educators to explore. Those are two very different disciplines. I agree fully that there is more to learning than memory and intelligence and I don't think I have said anything to the contrary. I think the question may be strictly about TEACHING METHODS but is worded as if the subject is the God-given ability and capacity to process information, to learn. Thank you Michael!Jul 3 2013: I am still learning. I just read LOTS of books by myself. I never like the whole idea of needing an external incentive, and a time limit, to learn something which interests me. It makes it harder to enjoy it (or in other words it makes it harder to get into a state of "Flow", where I can enjoy the challenge).
I mean you need to give students purpose if you want them to try and master whatever they are trying to learn (as well as autonomy).Jul 3 2013: How to learn?
First step ..To know why we learn
Why comes first than how..
Every student should know why they are learning this subject.
Why one should no history? Why maths? Why anatomy? and so on.
It creates interest in the subject and learing becomes fun and easier.
Jul 3 2013: Hey Adesh
that is the purpose and not the process.
Funny enough all native speakers think they are the perfect teachers for foreigners.
but when you ask a native speaker: "How do you know your own language?" most of them have no idea.
the common response is: "It is natural"
a few years ago, a friend asked me to phone to one of these TEFL (Teach English as Foreign Language)
course. I did.. we got into conversation with one of the guys in the administration of the course.
The guy thought it was for me, and was telling that my English was perfect enough to teach English (while I actually teach How to use English language techniques in Persuasion Science for Sales and Negotiation)
The guy was English, obviously... when I ask him: "Do you teach how to teach how to learn English?"
his answer was close not NO... defending himself by his world wide recognizable certificate and high depend for English teachers, etc.
so it is not a news that no native speaker knows how they learn their own language, this means they will have difficulties to know HOW to teach, (yet not to mention HOW to learn)
I learn English as a second language, I used many different approaches in my learning process.. then I learned Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, etc... result? I become an expert in learning languages.
am I allowed to teach any of them? Officially no, I am not a certified... can I teach? well, my students score higher than the high scored students in the classroom.
an Italian taught me Dutch
a Belgian taught me Italian
I understood that foreigners are the best teacher for foreign language.
I agree it is good to introduce the purpose WHY to study, make it interesting and easy to learn.
but more important is knowing HOW the student uses their representative system, how they actually code and decode the information. this is GOING into their mind and make it work for their benefit.
Jul 3 2013: I understood that foreigners are the best teacher for foreign language.
because they are the ones who understands the best, the problem faced by a beginner .
They also know how to over come these problems in a most efficient way.
The more foreign language you learn ,the better you become as a teacher of foreign language.
Edwin you have great experience and you are an excellent teacher with or without a certificate.


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Texas Beef Dip served with doritos
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Ingredients: German link sausage(I like hot and spicy) yellow and zucchini squash, onion, potatoes olive oil, salt, pepper, heavy duty foil
Recipe: Preheat your grill or oven to 350 degrees.Cut the sausage and vegetables into bite sized pieces. Make foil-sized pockets. Place the sausage and vegetables in the foil pockets and drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Fold up the foil pockets and place in the oven or on the grill for 40 minutes. Serve the individual pockets in the foil. Yummy.
Ingredients: Lg velvetta cheese, 1 lb ea hamburger and hot sausage, 1 can rotel, 1 can Feista Nacho soup, 1 jar of sliced peppers and 1 small can of black olives
Recipe: Brown sausage and Hamburger drain and add to crock pot, cube velvetta cheese, add the Campbell's Fiesta Nacho soup, 1 can of milk, and the can of rotel, mix well add peppers and olives, serve with corn chips.
Ingredients: sour cream,ranch dip,cream cheese,bacon and jalapenos.
Recipe: First boil your jalapenos, while they are boiling mix you sour cream and ranch dip in a bowl then add your cream cheese mix together well then you can either cook your own bacon or add the real like bacon bits and add them to your mixture then add your jalapenos mix it all together and eat with crackers of your choice or chips....
Ingredients: 1 large bag frozen corn
3 8 ounces packages cream cheese, cubed
3 cans green chiles
Recipe: Mix all ingredients in a crock pot on high heat, stirring occasionally. Once the cream cheese has melted, reduce heat to low and serve.
Ingredients: 1-stick of melted butter
1-tblsp poppy seeds
1-tbslp mustard
1-tbslp Worcester sauce
1-tbslp minced onion
1-package of sliced ham
1-package of sliced turkey
1-package of Hawaiian rolls
1-package of baby Swiss cheese
Recipe: Cut rolls in half. Alternate meat/cheese twice. Place on tops. Pour butter with ingredients on top. Bake 350 for 15-20 min. in a 9 x 12 pan.
Ingredients: 1 lb breakfast sausage (hot or mild)
1 block Philadelphia cream cheese
Recipe: fry sausage & drain off grease. add cream cheese and stir until melted and consistant. Split the japalaneos down one side and clean out seeds - membrane. Stuff with the cream cheese/sausage mixture. Wrap in beacon. Inset toothpicks to hold beacon in place. Grill until beacon is crisp or bake in oven on 350 until beacon is crispy - about 30 min. depending on thickness of beacon.


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"This is the moistest banana bread that I have ever tasted. It's also very easy to make!"
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1/2 cup
butter, melted
1 cup
white sugar
1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups
all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon
baking soda
1/2 teaspoon
1/2 cup
sour cream
1/2 cup
chopped walnuts
medium bananas, sliced
With minor variations this is the recipe I've been making for 40 years. It originally came from a home ec teacher and it is beyond awesome. The differences are, first, that I cream the softened butter with the sugar (not melted). I add 1 tsp. lemon juice with the vanilla, and use 1 tsp. each of baking soda and baking powder, and 1-3/4 c. flour. Finally, regardless of how many bananas are used it should equal 1 cup. You will never find a better banana bread, and over the course of 40 years, I've never heard differently. Edited 8/17/09: My original 4/14/08 review should have indicated that I mash the bananas, not slice them.
As other reviewers mentioned, it was very moist and the flavor was good. My only issue was the sight & feel of the bananas in the bread. Slicing them up, instead of mashing or pureeing them, causes them to be quite mushy and purple. I felt like I was biting into a bruise each time I ate a slice. I ended up digging them out before eating in order to salvage the bread. Sorry, but I think I'll stick to mashing or pureeing...but I'll use the rest of this recipe.
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This is Martha Stewart's recipe... only Martha's says to use room temp. butter.. and suggests using a mixer for the butter and sugar to make it light and fluffy before adding flour and other ingredients, and a full cup of mashed bananas instead of chopped up like Janet says.. more bananas and mashing them is what many of you said you did to tweak this recipe, and it is better that way. It is a great recipe.
This is quite simply the best banana bread I've ever had. I followed the recipe as stated, with a few additions, to enhance the overall flavor of the bread.
I added 1/4 tsp cinnamon and 1/8 tsp ground cloves to the batter and 1/2- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips in addition to the walnuts. Almost all the reviewers agree that the bananas should be mashed, so I mashed them. This distributed the banana flavor evenly throughout the dough.
I also advise against using a mixer for the batter. This would whip too much air into the cake and take away from its dense quality. I baked the bread at 325 and it was perfectly done in an hour and 15 minutes. It cuts easily, thinly and has a great crust. Thank you for a great recipe!
This is the best banana bread ever, and i have tried many looking for the best. Two suggestions 1) be sure to let your bananas become fully ripe with lotsa brown on the peel and a little on the fruit 2) i use three bananas for more moist loaf and more robust banana flavor
Just want to chime in here and say that this bread is delicious. It came out soft and moist (but not underdone) on the inside with a slightly crunchy exterior. I also left out the nuts with no negative side effects.
The second time I made it (after writing the review), I didn't have any sour cream, and so I substituted strawberry yogurt. Just thought I'd mention that it is quite tasty that way, too. :o)
Excellent recipe and I'm a novice to cooking. I did substitute the sour cream for lowfat banana yogurt and added a pinch of cinnamon.
ADDED: I noticed I have had this recipe in my allrecipe.com recipe box for almost 10 years. Still good after all these years.
Yhis bread was good right after I baked it. The banana pieces turned brown and were gooey the next day. I think the mashed bananas make a better bread.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Serving Size: 1/15 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 15
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 218
Calories from Fat: 100
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In this instructable I will show you how to make an INDOOR storm window that will keep plenty of cold out of a room, while letting light continue to come in. My version uses less than $4 worth of supplies, mostly from the DOLLAR TREE store.
I moved into an apartment on the 3rd floor. all windows were single pane. The building was built in about 1970, so there was poor insulation, and only single pane sliding glass windows.
It was very cold the first night and the pipes nearly froze in the bathroom. the window rattled and I knew I was in trouble.
By creating my bubble wrap storm window, I was able to raise the temperature in the room 15 degrees F in the first hour. As you can imagine the savings and comfort increased rapidly.
As you can see I do have some depth to the window so making this work was kind of easy. I suppose using clear tape , magnets, velcro etc, you might find another way to put a storm window of this type in place.
Just a new note 4/14 I found that after 2 years of use I needed to strip off the bubble wrap and put fresh on. It was mostly for looks to be cleaner as the bubble wrap still does a great job of keeping tub/shower much warmer.
Step 1: Step 1
In picture 2 you can see I bought clear tape and 1ft by 6ft rolls of bubble wrap from the Dollar Tree, (where everything is actually $1.00). I then found 2 wire coat hangers and unwound them to make a frame for the project.
I first rolled out two 6ft rolls side by side and taped down the middle. I actually bought 3 rolls, more on that later.
Step 2: Step 2
I placed opposing wire hangers on both sides of the bubble wrap. when taped in place I folded the other half back over them to give me my 2x3 ft panel.
Step 3: Step 3
Step 4: Step 4
I took the two strips and essentially added a 3rd layer to the storm window. I proceeded to lay the pieces in place LEAVING APROX 5/8" Gap in the middle and then taping them to the existing panel. this not only gives some extra on the outer edges, but also leaves a gap where the center of the tape will adhere to the original window and be some structural support.
After taping the outer edges yet again. I was done! TIME TO TEST IT OUT. See picture #8 notice the density has increased over the last picture.
Step 5: Step 5
The following 3 pictures show the insertion and the finished product.
****** This bubble wrap window is the second one I have made. Turns out the last one did have yellow tape and some shampoo bulid up, but it lasted 2 years ****** not bad for nearly FREE!!!
If you have questions feel free to ask.
If you liked this Instructable you might enjoy http://www.instructables.com/id/Weather-Strip-a-window-on-the-cheap/
Here I show you how I weather strip a window for just PENNIES.. I MEAN CHEAP!!!!
Useful instructable, thanks!
I am about to insulating most windows with bubble wrap and I think I'll just go for spraying the glass with water rather than building a frame.
But I have a front door which is a massive heat sink and, given I am renting I cannot do anything radical to it to insulate it more, so I might make an upsized version of your project for it and install it at night.
Out of curiosity, have you ever considered bubble wrap or other materials to cut heat loss from the walls? Our master bedroom is, in line with a great English tradition, the only room of the house with three outward facing walls. So it's of course the coldest room in the house by several degrees.
Thank you for your post I too am renting so I'm in a similar situation to yourself.
Speaking of walls cold I have a sliding glass door that is rather large and what I've done is I went to the thrift store and bought a whole bed quilts and actually put two of them back to back and put insulation in between the two and sewed them and then hung them in the window and they work rather well. The building I am in is brick so the top of the sliding glass door has a steel bar or I-beam that goes across to hold the brick. I use rather large magnets to hold the bed quilt to the steel frame on top as a way of securing them to the window those eliminating the need for a frame.
In the past I hope also purchased a piece of 2 x 2 Pine and used an old quilt and made something similar to a banner and hung it on the bedroom wall and created inside insulation with it, making just basically a wall hanging at the head of the bed. I'm sorry for what appears to be a run on sentences I am using voice to text on my iPad. I'm sure a piece of one and a half inch PVC pipe would also support an old quilt on the wall you could even make a frame with that fairly inexpensive thus making a portable from place to place. I hope this is of some assistance.
Thanks for the advice Bryan, I'll give it a go and see how much the temperature changes!
Question: I have plants on my front porch & decided to try the wrap this year on those windows....will the plants still get the needed sunshine thru the wrap??? THX
I'm not sure but honestly I myself would try it. The chance of light is good. The insulating factor should be fair with the bubble wrap as long as the temps dont dive to deep. The biggest protection should be in the area of freeze/frost damage.
If you spray your window with a fine mist of water before applying bubble wrap it will hold on to the window while you tape.. Makes it easier.. and will nearly suction it to the window for a better seal..
UPDATE.. I have found the tape in a shower setting typically lasts one season. I think the time to remake it is well worth it..
The cost is still in the area of $2.50-$3.00 to do the project. If you are lucky enough to find free bubble wrap you can likely do a window for under a $1.
I have saved a ton of heat and a lot of discomfort from cold air while trying to take a shower. I also believe it has helped the shower pipes in the wall near by not to freeze and break.
Funny the apartment complex has a sign as you drive in the driveway.. :"leave your bathroom faucet on trickle to prevent freeze up" I Think I have found a better solution.
My instructable about weather sealing a sliding window is not so glamorous but still helps ALOT for very low money. Sorry the pictures on that one do not do it justice. :)
Peace, Bryan
Thanks for the ible.
I'm sorry I didn't see your post for so many months. YES I will check out craigslist for bubble wrap. IM about to do another version of the bubble wrap storm window. IT worked so well that I want to try and improve it a bit more.
Pool Noodles. I have seen those and have been dreaming of ways to use them. One I thought of was to use them on the edge of coffee tables, head boards so that they dont mar the wall if accidently bumped. I know that sounds over board but it might work.
Those noodles I would think would work great as pipe insulation. Actually as I recall they are a bit thicker if I am not mistaken.
Nice to hear from you.
I've taped it over most of the window but it does not quite cover the edges of the glass (nor does the tape run the length of the wrap's edges). I've also not necessarily taped all the strips of bubble-wrap together along their lengths (I'm doing a lot of windows...)
Your talk of eddy currents is making me worried that not completely covering the glass will make the whole installation pointless. Is this a legitimate/reasonable concern?
Also, what if the bubble-wrap does not COMPLETELY cover the whole surface of the window (but almost all of it) but it's is properly sealed along the edges? Is that better, or also pointless?
If its sealed, I would say something is better than nothing
I have also used the 3M clear plastic sheet. I steered away from it due to tape in the wet shower conditions.
Keep in mind the bubble wrap keeps eddy currents in the air gap from moving due to temperature differences as heat molecules transfer places. if you can keep the eddy's under control you have greater insulation R values.
According to one of my professors an air gap of 3-4 inches or less makes this happen (keeping eddy's under control) this a double pane glass or triple pane situation.
a crude 'visual'
[outside] [screen] [3 inches] [window-pane flush with wall] [indoors]
do you think this will work if i place it right up against the screen?
[outside] [screen] [bubblewrap insulation] [2 inches] [window-pane flush with wall] [indoors]
being from michigan, you already know what kind of weather we get out here. i don't know if the bubblewrap can last exposed like that.
see my answer below, I used it folded over, tape the edges on all three open sides.
i'll give this bubblewrap a try since it seems to be an easy and inexpensive 'fix'.
It will actually work better due to the inside air space. being STILL AIR. you might have to create a falls frame say the outside of a card board box to keep the wrap up against the screen and keep the 2 inch space open..
let me know what you think..
I live in Wisconsin and my winters are horrendous, measure windows and cut wrap to fit your window. THE EASY PART,
MUST PUT WATER ON IT AND APPLY THE WRAP. THATS IT! ! ! ! It keeps out the cold radiating from each window. Course you cannot see outside but the light still comes in. Great for bathrooms if you want to keep your neighbors from looking in
In my old house I would use peices of R-11 fiberglass batting in the basement windows.. I know that is sort of over kill but hey I was never down there.
Windows to me are like open holes as far as heat loss goes.
Most of my north windows were well insulated during the winter months as they yielded zero gain as far as sun was concerned.
This: https://zeorymeromega.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/polyethylene-foam-closeup.jpg
It's the best stuff for insulating pretty much anything, as it's essentially free (can be dug out of a variety of skips in large quantities), very insulative, and with a reasonably high melting point. I tested the last two by putting some over my hand and pouring boiling water on it. Felt slightly warm...
This material is a mm or two thick and completely flexible.
I sure could have used this a few years ago when I lived in a huge house heated by an oil furnace. All of the oddly-sized single pane wood-framed windows had serious leaks. After the first $600 fill-up I shut off the heat to most of the 5 zones in the house and kept the thermostat at 15 degrees C (60 degrees F) all winter (and this is in Canada). I was having "cash flow" problems (all my money was tied up in real estate :p) and I tried (and failed) to come up with a cheap solution to this problem. Ironically I now live in an apartment where I have the opposite problem - heat and hot water are included in my rent. but the place is always so hot that I keep the thermostat off and appreciate the ill-fitting windows.
I had a house in Michigan. when I first moved in it had no attic insulation, no sidewall or bandjoist insulation.. the yearly oil bill was $2,500.00 for only a 24x30ft house.. YIKES..
that was 14 years ago. I wrapped the water heater. put an R-38 in the attic, and R-17 in the sidewalls. the first years winter heat bills after that were a total of $235.00
when I first moved in I could stand 3 feet from an outside wall and feel cold radiating off the walls. YES insulation helps! btw I used to live in Edmonton Alberta.
If it were not an apartment I would do the work to replace/caulk/seal it. but I dont dare violate my lease by trying to fix it myself.


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