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Nick Brigham
2,138 PointsHow Do You Like This Style of Learning?
Are people finding that after learning here, they can remember and implement concepts outside of Treehouse?
I ask because other sites I've tried to learn through only teach the memorization of steps, and there is often not enough practice and repetition of a concept to remember it correctly.
I'd love to hear some experiences.
I'm excited to try this resource out!
3 Answers
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 PointsHi Nick,
I think everyone learns in different ways. Personally, I love the techniques used on Treehouse.
I used to learn the Ruby programming language from a book and struggled to actually engage with it at all.
I learnt more about Ruby on Treehouse in 1 week of the Ruby course than I did from 2 months of reading a book.
You might have different experiences, we all do, but I recommend giving Treehouse a shot. I tried CodeSchool before I tried Treehouse, but I didn't get on very well with it.
Keep up the good work
Nick Brigham
2,138 PointsThat's good to hear. After reviewing the Library section, this seems to be what I've been looking for; Prompt projects to work on in order to apply the concepts taught in the Tracks.
I learn best, as many do, by learning a concept, and then practicing it until it hurts. Treehouse looks like a final winner. I'm excited to continue!
Thanks for the response!
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 PointsYou're welcome.
Thats what Treehouse does best. It gives you the content via a video. Then it forces you to recall that information via quizzes and challenges. And then it encourages you to create something yourself using your knew knowledge.
In my opinion, if you do not practice newly learned things (via something you have created yourself) it will not stay implanted in your head.
The best way to learn is to learn something new and then try and apply that to solve a real issue (or create an issue).
Nick Brigham
2,138 PointsGeorge- Agreed! That is similar to how I will be learning. I'll supplement treehouse with other resources as well.
John- that is what's missing from most other resources. Different testing methods. I like that I have to do it, and recall the syntax via quiz. I'm so excited, I've been trying to learn for a few months, and have failed to find the method I know works best for me, which is almost identical to the Treehouse process.
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 PointsGood decision. I wish you the best of luck :D
Keep in touch.
George Cruz
Courses Plus Student 512 PointsGeorge Cruz
Courses Plus Student 512 PointsAll I can tell you is the following, over the past 4 weeks I have been dedicating a little bit of my morning and night on Swift (1 hours), I went thru a few tutorials online and on youtube that were free but I will always encounter a problem with the updated version or something. I did learn a lot over and now I feel that at least thru the beginning on the Basic of Swift its like if I know it all, so with that been said, your Brain will get it once you see it again. Now the most important thing here is to practice. What I usually do is every time I go thru a course I do my on version of the course because it make me think of how to do it without someone telling me and thats imperative, like someone once said repetition improves retention.