Think about "Learning"
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How People Learn (Donovan, Bransford, Pellegrino) - look at section 2 on How Experts Differ from Novices for some insight into advanced-level learning http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9853&page=R1
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The Difference Between Training and Learning - offers some useful background ideas that may help you decide whether to pursue PLA http://www.advancedbusinesslearning.com/the-difference-between-training-and-learning/
- What's your Learning Style? - offers 20 simple questions to help you identify main ways in which you learn http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml
- Learning Strategies Inventories: Assess How you Learn (Dartmouth) http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/index.html
- Multiple Intelligences - briefly discusses the ways in which people learn http://www.institute4learning.com/multiple_intelligences.php