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How do you learn?
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Posted 5 months ago How do you learn? I use to teach tennis and my first job in evaluating a student was to figure out how they learn.
Most people combine the styles of learning
Here are some everyday problems you might want to learn about. How would you learn more? Think about them - no way of learning is better than the others. Remember, the way you learn is perfect for you.
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| Posted 5 months ago Myself, I need to see it and then do it! |
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| Posted 5 months ago analyze the issue and do the math..Painting= figure out the square footage, go to the paint store and read labels on what kind of paint-latex or oil based? For me-I learn by reasoning it out-think it out. Show me and I will follow. But dont bother giving me a book of instructions. |
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| Posted 5 months ago I am a visual learner. Give me written instructions and I'll try it and mess with it until it 'works'. If I take notes on something, I REALLY have it--don't even have to review the notes--it's there! |
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| Posted 5 months ago I must be a combined style learner, because first in the case of a room - I would scan the do-it yourself book or online so I know SOMETHING and then I would ask my resident handy fellow/husband... he knows where he has stashed all the tools so I don't need to repurchase and would give me loads of advice. I would weigh/evaluate his advice for my working style(not nearly as much of a perfectionist as my sweetie) and then go to the store with my measurements, read and figure the formula and when I get the fellow at the counter to shake the paint I'd ask him for a double check on "So, I have enough paint right?" Then of course, I would do the job and learn more from experience because usually something will come along to make the job more interesting/complex than first glance would have indicated.... :) Learned that last bit from experience Each day is a gift, open it up and play with it! |
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| Posted 5 months ago I have worked in industry and education for many moons (too many to count) and Stan is right on with this. Some people assume that all children (no matter what age) should be in traditional theory based schools. This is foolish and ignorant and can cause great harm to the student and the family budget. The student is often told they are ignorant. They feel like there is something wrong with them, that they are not smart or as smart as others. Though truly there are some people who do have learning challenges, and these should be diagnosed to determine their severity, this is a VERY small percentage of students. Often times the person just needs to be in a hands-on learning environment where they can see, touch and interact with various stimuli. Students who need this type of learning can learn from books and lecture, but they need it in small doses and intermixed with tactile activity. An example would be parents who feel that their child must go to the large state funded institution that Dad or Mom went to "back in the day". So, they force the child to and they and the child become frustrated and angry and waste many hours of quality family time in the fool hardy expedition of forcing junior into "State U" where the large class sizes completely overwhelm and swallow him. He gets bored and resorts to partyville to ease the pain and wonders in his sadness why can't I do this? Well Junior, it's because people, including parents, can be ignorant in how people learn. Maybe "State U" was fine for Dad or Mom, but you learn better using your hands mixed with heart and mind. This ignorance has lead to tragic results. Children deserve better and society should know better. So, if you know a family going through this, have them read Stan's topic. Bravo Stan! Continue to lead the way. |
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| Posted 5 months ago lol........i learn the hard way |
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| Posted 4 months ago
In other words starts with fear and ends with YES...i can do this! I hate instructions. I'm definitely a doer. sticks better "The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own." -- Benjamin Disraeli |
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| Posted 3 months ago For me, it kind of depends on what I'm learning. When I was a student, all I had to do was take notes in my non-studio classes. Writing something down and seeing it later was usually enough for me to learn it. With more hands-on processes, like the painting example, I just have to do it. Seeing someone else do it first helps, but I won't learn it until I get my hand dirty. :) If you want to live an interesting life, you're going to spend half of it being terrified.
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| Posted 3 months ago
222 journalists and media assistants have been killed in Iraq since March of 2003... more than World Wars 1 & 2, Korea & Vietnam combined. |
start this way.....dive in with no instruction usually....then end up like this after done...
