How we learn

4 Responses to “How we learn”

Scott G on April 25th, 2007 at 7:02 pm

I definitely need to see something to learn it… with everything. I am utterly hopeless in language classes when we just chat and practice, but if I get a chance to write the language and do a bit of memory work I pick it up quite quickly.

Same with faces, I will remember a face forever but the names are a bit fuzzy.

I am very visual with learning.

Lisa on April 25th, 2007 at 8:18 pm

Teaching is an excellent way of learning. Not because you learn as you go but because you have to recall everything that you know and have experienced, then pull it together in ways that are meaningful for the subject and students. It also involves research and discussion.

Discussion’s great for reinforcing your ideas and knowledge and then extending it through new ideas that evolve through discussion.

I definitely agree with the top three.

Cheryl on April 25th, 2007 at 9:25 pm

Lisa, agree totally - although to me it seems like a funny concept, probably because I usually assume your teachers know everything (or at least I used to when I was younger) so it seems an odd concept to learn by teaching.

But having taught HTML to people in the past, it makes total sense - it reinforces concepts in your mind and makes them watertight.

mattymcg on May 8th, 2007 at 10:27 pm

I remember seeing some stats recently that suggested seeing AND hearing something at the same time was LESS effective than one or the other. This stuff is obviously difficult to measure, but it’s all interesting. The bottom one about teaching is very true.

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