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As much as I appreciate Richard Hake's posting, I take issue with thisone.
The Phys-L posts have revolved around the kinesthetic experiences ofpushing
bowling balls, cars, bikes, etc. You can't much more kinesthetic thanthat.
It also seems to me that real-life experiences that vary slightly everyday
and also occur everyday provide powerful contexts for learning, forlearning.
continual reinforcement of learning, and for the transfer of that
http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ch3.html (see the "Context" section)
We often use cars, bikes, and bowling balls, whereas we rarely push large
blocks of dry ice on glass.