Paths to Learning

Stephen Few reviews a recent book on the Science Learning.  A good topic, because we still have much to learn about learning.  Worth a look, I plan to read:  " ... Many of the strongly held and frequently espoused notions about learning practices (e.g., good study habits), which seem intuitive, are dead wrong. Scientific investigation into the learning brain has revealed a great deal, especially in recent years, but the findings seldom reach the teachers and learners who would benefit from them. Peter Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel have responded to this problem in the form of a wonderful new book titled Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (2014). ... ".  I do wonder if some of these methods can then be transferred over to machine learning?