Timeline for Natural origins or learned habit: Why do students skip concepts before applications?
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Oct 22, 2023 at 14:53 | comment | added | user1815 | Re "the most natural way to approach a problem is to try to do something with the knowledge immediately" -- Just last week I gave a student an example of this from my own life, as an example, just as you say, of how I would immediately try to apply whatever bit of knowledge I had just read or been taught. The student — to date a straight A student — was astounded that one could do this and viewed me as an exception to the normal, or "natural," human being. I wish what you say to be more broadly true. | |
Oct 20, 2023 at 8:32 | history | answered | adam.baker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |