Preliminaries 13 Some students do improve, even dramatically improve – when this or that teaching/learning method- ology is introduced. In others there is no change. Still others actually do worse. In the end, the beneficial effect to a selected subgroup of the students may be lost in the statistical noise of the study and the fact that no attempt is made to identify commonalities among […]
10 Preliminaries understanding” of some subject. There is one more example I like to use to illustrate how important this information compression is to memory and intelligence. I play chess, badly. That is, I know the legal moves of the game, and have no idea at all how to use them effectively to improve my position and eventually win. Ten moves into a typical chess […]
Preliminaries 9 memory or visual memory in only three seconds. There was very little time for rehearsal, and then you went and did something else for a bit right away that was supposed to keep you from rehearsing whatever of the string you did manage to verbalize in three seconds. Most people will get anywhere from the first three to as many as seven or […]
8 Preliminaries years. It is, as we have noted, built right into the intensive learning process of medical school and graduate school in general. For some reason, however, we don’t incorporate a teaching component in most undergraduate classes, which is a shame, and it is basically nonexistent in nearly all K-12 schools, which is an open tragedy. As an engaged student you don’t have to […]
Preliminaries 7 wandering attention) in lecture2 . Then watch as student performance and engagement spirals into the stratosphere compared to what it was before… Then pray. Some instructors have their egos tied up in things to the point where they cannot learn, and then what can you do? If an instructor lets ego or politics obstruct their search for functional methodology, you’re screwed anyway, and […]
4 Preliminaries Even in a course like this you may still be floundering because you may not understand why it is important for you to participate with your whole spirit in the quest to learn anything you ever choose to study. In a word, you simply may not give a rodent’s furry behind about learning the material so that studying is always a fight with […]