wpegg: I was wanting to know if anyone had any links / references to books about how to learn. It's a funny subject, as far as I can tell it's totally unsearchable because of the specifics of it (I can find links to learn spanish, just not how to learn). My goal is to understand what makes someone better at assimilating knowledge, how to teach it, and how different people actually acquire skills.
I'd say, for an overview of the idea:
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_theory_(education]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_theory_(education[/url])
And, I'd note, there's a whole branch of psychology
a lot of books about it.