I was not surprised at what this article contained – all sorts of highfalutin words to make a simple point. The best way to learn is by doing. But, here’s the opening paragraph to give you a sample:
A 3-year-old sits on the carpet of her preschool classroom building a castle out of wooden blocks—exercising her spatial skills and learning the basic physics concepts of stability and balance. Meanwhile, an undergraduate is building a suspension bridge out of toothpicks and string in her civil engineering course. These students are both engaged in hands-on minds-on learning and are much more likely to retain the content than their peers who were talked at or lectured to. Irrespective of age, people learn best when learning experiences are active, engaged, meaningful, and interactive.
If you want to bother to read the rest, go to Learning about learning: Meaning matters
[One of my best learning experiences was at the Defense Language Institute learning German. Not only did we speak nothing but German after the first couple of weeks, but were taught about every day life along with the history and culture.]
A 3-year-old sits on the carpet of her preschool classroom building a castle out of wooden blocks—exercising her spatial skills and learning the basic physics concepts of stability and balance. Meanwhile, an undergraduate is building a suspension bridge out of toothpicks and string in her civil engineering course. These students are both engaged in hands-on minds-on learning and are much more likely to retain the content than their peers who were talked at or lectured to. Irrespective of age, people learn best when learning experiences are active, engaged, meaningful, and interactive.
If you want to bother to read the rest, go to Learning about learning: Meaning matters
[One of my best learning experiences was at the Defense Language Institute learning German. Not only did we speak nothing but German after the first couple of weeks, but were taught about every day life along with the history and culture.]
