RE: [xmca] whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/

["Glassman, Michael" <glassman.13@osu.edu>]

Interesting but so incredibly individualized.  Willingham seems to leave out the most obvious and I would say most common way we learn to get a cup of coffee.  We ask somebody, "Hey, where can I get a cup of coffee?"  And usually the person, even a stranger will stop to tell you and probably give you directions.  If they see you later they might ask you how you liked your cup of coffee.  Today, we actually type "Where can I get a good cup of coffee near.... in Paris" into your browser (I am trying to stop using Google as a verb).  Possibilities pop up with a review.  You choose one, you go to the coffee shop, you drink the coffee and are perhaps so impressed or unimpressed you write a review.  Or perhaps you use the Netflix model,  you go on a site called NetCoffee and type in Paris and NetCoffee comes back with some suggestions based on the opinions of people who like the same type of coffee you like (hey if anybody does that I get a piece of the action!!).  But I almost always like the movies Netflix recommends based on my history and how other people with similar histories like it - and I trust is more than my brother.  We have to expand our horizons I think about how people learn and what learning means.

Michael
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Subject: Re: [xmca] whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/

Thanks for pointing us there, giving a demonstration of what's covered there!
Martin

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Am 18.06.2013 um 12:04 schrieb Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu>:

> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/17/whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/
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> The author, Daniel Willingham, is a straight-up cognitive psychologist-interesting to see him essentially promoting a cultural-historical perspective in this essay. p
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