[Avodah] Derech HaLimud

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

R' Gilad Field:
>  I came across an interesting teshuva in the Chavos Yair (124) that
> talks about a proper derech ha-limud. in that teshuva he was
> addressing a father asking how to educate his son who
> just became bar mitzvah - but it i think the answer is general enough.
> my question is - are you aware of sources in rishonim or achronim that
> deal with this question?
> I am interested in seeing how the question was answered through the
> generations in different locations.

Take a look at the last page or so of the Ramchal's Derech Chochmah, and the Sefer Darkei Hagemara (or, in at least one edition, Darkei Hatalmud), from R' Yitzchok Kanpanton. 

KT,
MYG