Comments:

LA - 2006-10-22 08:26:59
Yup, my new cell phone does everything but fry bacon and I can't use any of it. 3 times I've gone back to the phone store and the kids there slam through any explanations and demos and become nasty and sarcastic when I say they went too fast. So sorry for actually wanting to understand how to use my own darn phone. I with you, Doug. Keep it simple and be patient and thorough with learners. ~LA
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Bex - 2006-10-22 08:59:12
I have to go along with LA's comments. I am of "the age" where explanations must be slower or they go right over the top. Kids these days are so wired, aren't they? They seem to be burning themselves out much more rapidly then we did when we were young? Of course, we didn't have all the technology they have, and having to learn "the ropes" of it all after the age of 50, is a decided disadvantage, I suppose. I take my hat off to anyone over 65 or 70 who masters the internet, write a journal, and uses a cellphone.
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Jim - 2006-10-22 09:24:23
I've not read the study that the article is based upon, but it certainly matches with my experience. My experience has also been that different people respond best to different techniques: some learn best when told the information, others when they see it, and some can't seem to absorb it until they can actually do it. (Tell me, show me, let me do it.) In the training programs I'm involved with professionally we try to cover all the modes as best we can. (Of course there is a somewhat different way of judging our courses; if our students don't learn, we are the ones who failed.)
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l'empress - 2006-10-22 12:29:12
Well, I've always been a good learner, and I'll giveyou two reasons why. One is a good memory; that is God-given, not something I can take credit for. Another is a teacher who taught us how to solve problems as a group, step by step. These were math problems, but the method applies to other problems. From "what is the question?" to writing the answer in a complete sentence -- spelled and punctuated appropiately -- she gave us skills to help teach ourselves.
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