Learning Techniques

Course Q&A Machine Learning Specialization Advanced Learning Algorithms
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Hi everyone,

i have been enjoying the course so far but would like to ask for some tips to learn better with regards to the lab. like for example whats the process that some of u guys run through (writing some remarks on it? note down the required libs and functions?). Any tips would be amazing hope u guys dont mind sharing. :smiley:

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Hi @zheng_xiang1 it’s great you are looking better ways to learn. What I usually do is to take notes for every step and try to understand what’s happening in each cell.

I think we can break down like this:

  • check the lectures and take notes, really try to understand and re-watch if needed
  • Go on the labs and check each cell and compare with your notes
  • Change things and see how it works

Another approach that I take some time is to watch some lectures with the lab open and check each part of the lab as I learn in the lecture.

Finally, if you can create a project using what you learned would be an amazing learning experience.

I hope this helps!

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Hello @zheng_xiang1,

For concepts, since the labs are to supplement the lectures, if there were anything you were not sure about in the lectures, you may verify them in the labs. I think writing a list of concepts-to-test while watching the lectures will help. This is basically another way of putting @pastorsoto’s great suggestions.

For coding, I think saving a copy of the labs for future reference is a good choice. It takes practice to build up the muscle memory for coding, and having something familiar to refer back to is a great help.

Cheers,
Raymond

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