23 Jun
2004
23 Jun
'04
1:33 p.m.
From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk
I'll go along with this too.
Hi
One of the most important parts of school learning is to
learn how and where to look for information.
Another is to learn how to simplify concepts so that they
can be applied more universally.
Dwight
---snip---
I
don't like to test memory.
My tests are all open book - they don't need to write anything on their
shirtsleeves.
open notes - they don't need to write anything in the margins of the
book.
Couldn't agree more. In "real life" you normally have access to 
23 Jun
23 Jun
1:59 p.m.
On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 22:33, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
One of the most important parts of school learning is
to
learn how and where to look for information.
That's another very valid point. Most people I come across don't know
how to find things any more.
If they don't have it at their fingertips, they sit there like a potato
and do nothing - they don't go and ask anyone, don't go and attempt to
look it up anywhere. It's almost as though not only is knowledge being
thrown away, but nobody even *wants* to think any more.
cheers
Jules
6:52 p.m.
look it up anywhere. It's almost as though not
only is knowledge being
thrown away, but nobody even *wants* to think any more.
Didn't I say much the same thing a couple of days back?
This is much more worrying than whether students are still taught about
valves (or machine code, or...). If you know how to find something out,
then you probably will be able to find it out if you need to.
-tony
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