172. "Engineer's Syndrome" & Learning Techniques | THUNK
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Date: 2019-07-24

Engineers (like me) have a nasty reputation for positing laughably over-simplistic solutions to complex problems in other fields.  Perhaps studying those fields closely might help.

-Links for the Curious-

Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology (Dunlosky et al, 2013) - http://www.indiana.edu/~pcl/rgoldsto/courses/dunloskyimprovinglearning.pdf 

Why are there so many Engineers among Islamic Radicals? (Gambetta & Hertog, 2009) - http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/29836/1/Why_are_there_so_many_Engineers_among_Islamic_radicals_(publisher).pdf 

“An Engineer’s Critique of Global Warming ‘Science’” a great example of Engineer’s Syndrome - https://studylib.net/doc/5306721/powerpoint-version 

“Engineers’ Syndrome” by Stephan Kinsella - http://www.stephankinsella.com/2007/10/engineers-syndrome/ 

Do ‘Brain-Training’ Programs Work? (Simons et al, 2016) - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1529100616661983 

“Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics”
(Freeman et al, 2014) - https://www.pnas.org/content/111/23/8410?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_pulse_read%3B5ujlJ92ZQgC6PXO%2BbkuCcQ%3D%3D&utm_source=TrendMD&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Proc_Natl_Acad_Sci_U_S_A_TrendMD_0 

Self-Regulated Learning: Beliefs, Techniques,and Illusions (Bjork et al, 2013) - https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4efb/146e5970ac3a23b7c45ffe6c448e74111589.pdf 

Inexpensive techniques to improve education: Applying cognitive psychology to enhance educational practice (Roediger & Pyc, 2012) - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211368112000915