Re: [Phys-l] Memory and how it works

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

"Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
		General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley




On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, John Clement wrote (in part):

> This article is not necessarily in support of any particular pedagogy,
> although it does provide a cognitive mechanism for why ILDs and Piagetian
> surprise work.  I never claimed it supported anything.  It is actually a
> cautionary tale for anyone who thinks their memory is extremely reliable.
> We are not exempt from these findings.
 _______________________________________________________
What findings?  The actual findings of the research -which are not 
presented to us - or the purported findings that are reported in an 
article of uncertain reliability?  This is PER?

> John M. Clement
> Houston, TX
>
> >  	The reference is to an article by a reporter named Kathleen
> > McGowan.  Is this supposed to be in support of Physics Education
> > Reserarch?  In mos disciplines that I try to follow, references are
> > ardinarily made to original research (peer-reviewed)) publications.
> >  				Regards,
> >  					Jack
> >
> > "Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
> >  		General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
> >  		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, John Clement wrote:
> >
> > > At one time I questioned whether a particular person accurately
> > remembered
> > > something that was said in a lecture.  So a bit of information about
> > memory
> > > might help people understand what actually goes on in your memory.
> > >
> > > Here is an article from Discover that might be helpful to one and all on
> > > this topic.  It may also help some understand why some pedagogies work
> > > better than others.
> > >
> > > http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/03-how-much-of-your-memory-is-
> > true
> > > John M. Clement
> > > Houston, TX
> > >
> > >
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