This document provides a recipe for becoming an effective learner. The key ingredients are: 1) having a desire to learn, 2) using the Pomodoro technique to focus and overcome procrastination in 25 minute intervals, 3) engaging in deliberate practice to strengthen understanding, and 4) getting 8 hours of sleep to allow the brain to process information. Additional techniques like chunking, interleaving, and testing can help garnish the dish and maximize learning.

1. Learning and
How to learn?
Let me share some good tools
for efficient way to learn

2. Let us begin….
Observe the word
‘learn’
Which familiar word is
hiding in ‘learn’?

3. I learn
You learn
We all learn to ….
Yes! You are right. Three cheers!!!
The hidden word is ‘EARN’.
Here comes the second question.
What can we earn while learning?

4. You are right again!!
It depends on what is that we are
learning and what for we are learning.
We may earn … certificate,
money,
job,
love,
independence etc…
but definitely we earn SATISFACTION.

5. Foooooo…..d
• What’s your pick?

6. I got your attention!
That is the power of food.
As all of us need and love food, I
decided to present my understanding
in the form of a recipe.
Are you ready to take the simple and
easy to follow recipe for a

7. tasty dish called……..
LEARNER?

8. Here ,we go!
Ingredients you need:
1. A person who wants to learn
2. Pomodoro technique
3. Deliberate practice
4. Sleep
5. Chunking and interleaving

9. Method
• First, take a person who
WANTS to learn.

10. Tip!
While selecting this ingredient,
the only essential thing you need
to look for is only ‘the urge to
learn’.
Don’t worry if this item is
damaged with procrastination.

11. Second step
• In the second step, wash
the learner thoroughly
using ‘pomodoro
technique’ to remove
procrastination.

12. Why do we procrastinate?
• Our neurons in the brain feel discomfort
and cause pain whenever we start a work
we really rather not to do.
• Immediately the brain starts looking for
something which eases pain and gives you
pleasure at least temporarily.
• Obviously you are postponing the required
task; in other words, you are
procrastinating.

13. Something to combat…….
What is this
‘Pomodoro’?

14. Pomodoro
• Pomodoro(an Italian name for
tomato) is the timer used in this
technique.
• It was developed by Francesco
Cirillo in the late 1980s.
• It is a little, yet powerful tool to
overcome procrastination, the chief
enemy for a learner.

15. How to follow?
Steps to follow:
1. Set yourself a period of 25 minutes
2. Turn off all interruptions
3. Focus intently on the subject you
want to learn
4. At the end, give yourself a little
reward

16. How does ‘Pomodoro’ help?
• Research suggests that the neural discomfort
you experience when you start a work which
you rather not to do, will soon disappear once
your focus is intent on that given task.
• The 25 minutes of intent focus helps you not
only to overcome the interruptions but also to
address the problem on hand.
• The little reward which you give yourself at the
end makes you and your brain neurons relax.

17. Third step
•In this step, add
copious amounts of
‘deliberate practice’

18. Why to practice?
• While dealing with seemingly abstract
concepts and ideas in Math and Science,
you need to strengthen the neural
connections that are being made during
the process of learning.
• The more you practice, the stronger the
neural patterns become and make even
the abstract concepts real for you.

19. Poor Practice V/S
Deliberate Practice
Poor Practice
• Poor neural
thought patterns
• Poor
understanding
• Weak foundation
Deliberate Practice
• Strong neural
thought patterns
• Deep
understanding
• Strong foundation

20. Fourth step
• Mix in 8 hours of
Proper Sleep
at this point.

21. Yes, you read it right!!
• I’m not kidding!!!!
• It’s SLEEP

22. Why to sleep?
• When you are asleep, brain cells shrink and
let go the toxic substances accumulated
during day time.
• The latest research suggests that while we
are peacefully asleep our brain is busily
processing the day’s information. It combs
through recently formed memories,
stabilizing, copying and filing them, so that
they will be more useful the next day.

23. That’s not all!!!
• Our brain also works during slumber to find
hidden relations among memories and to
solve problems we were working on while
awake.
• Many researches suggest an uninterrupted
8 hour sleep for adults.
•So…..sleep to your
brain’s content.

24. We are almost there!!
• In this step , garnish your dish
with generous amounts of
techniques that help you to learn
effectively.
• That’s it!!! Here we go!!
• Your dish ‘LEARNER’ is ready!!

25. Serving suggestion
• Tastes better with ‘Chunking’
accompanied by ‘Interleaving’
and ‘Testing’.

26. References
• Learning how to learn: Powerful mental tools to
help you master tough subjects by Dr. Barabara
Oakley, Dr. Terrence Senjnowski –the course
offered on coursera.org
• Quiet! Sleeping Brain at Work-By Robert
Stickgold and Jeffrey M. Ellenbogen-
https://panet.andover.edu/bbcswebdav/instituti
on/SCIE/SCIE/science%20490/brain%20develo
pment/quiet%20sleeping%20brain%20at%20w
ork.pdf
• Food image : slickdeals.net
• Pomodoro image: alifeofproductivity.com
• Sleep image: writtenwhirred.wordpress.com