<story><title>Effective Learning Strategies for Programmers</title><url>http://akaptur.com/blog/2015/10/10/effective-learning-strategies-for-programmers</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>xiaoma</author><text>The research promoting a growth mindset hasn&amp;#x27;t proven to be nearly as robust as many had hoped. It&amp;#x27;s starting to look like there&amp;#x27;s a very real possibility it&amp;#x27;s spread so far merely because it&amp;#x27;s something people &lt;i&gt;want&lt;/i&gt; to be true.&lt;p&gt;Psychology research has had a pretty dismal track record in terms of reproducibility (&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.vox.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;8&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;9216383&amp;#x2F;irreproducibility-research&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.vox.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;8&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;9216383&amp;#x2F;irreproducibility-resea...&lt;/a&gt;) and the growth mindset dogma in particular has been facing more and more robust criticism. Carol Dweck&amp;#x27;s work is far from the final word on the matter that this blog post portrays it to be.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;no-clarity-around-growth-mindset-yet&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;no-clarity-around-growt...&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amren.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;yes-iq-really-matters&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amren.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;yes-iq-really-matters&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.co.uk&amp;#x2F;Intelligence-That-Matters-Stuart-Ritchie&amp;#x2F;dp&amp;#x2F;1444791877&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.co.uk&amp;#x2F;Intelligence-That-Matters-Stuart-Rit...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ironically, focus on a growth mindset may actually distract people from doing things that actually &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; have reproducible research showing they lead to more mental horsepower (e.g. regular aerobic exercise).</text></comment>
<story><title>Effective Learning Strategies for Programmers</title><url>http://akaptur.com/blog/2015/10/10/effective-learning-strategies-for-programmers</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tunesmith</author><text>A lot of this advice seems mental&amp;#x2F;emotional, but as far as tactical approaches go, I think it&amp;#x27;s important to actually practice, like how a musician does. Like when you&amp;#x27;re not at work, actually practice doing things like set up a git repo, create a random silly MVP from scratch, solve a one-hour problem in a new language, practice a new programming technique, etc. Or, practice while pretending you have an audience, and if you get hung up on something, learn it until you wouldn&amp;#x27;t get hung up the next time.</text></comment>