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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.
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:
remembered
At one time I questioned whether a particular person accurately
something that was said in a lecture. So a bit of information aboutmemory
might help people understand what actually goes on in your memory.true
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-
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John M. Clement
Houston, TX
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