Comments on: Context and Learning Names /blog_archive/2016/08/17/context-and-learning-names/ iteration, making, building, and coding in education Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:02:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.6 By: Andy "SuperFly" Rundquist /blog_archive/2016/08/17/context-and-learning-names/#comment-482 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:02:42 +0000 http://evanweinberg.com/?p=2519#comment-482 In reply to Evan Weinberg.

Exactly, I totally agree.

]]> By: Evan Weinberg /blog_archive/2016/08/17/context-and-learning-names/#comment-481 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 15:35:10 +0000 http://evanweinberg.com/?p=2519#comment-481 In reply to Andy “SuperFly” Rundquist.

I think we’re agreeing for the most part. I want the students to learn concepts well enough that they can apply them in different contexts, not just those in which the concepts were previously presented. I think that is, by definition, deeper learning. I’m not arguing that memorizing names is the level of our expectations. It’s that even for a simple task such as this, we need to vary the context to make the knowledge stick.

]]> By: Andy "SuperFly" Rundquist /blog_archive/2016/08/17/context-and-learning-names/#comment-480 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 12:49:57 +0000 http://evanweinberg.com/?p=2519#comment-480 Certainly the same is true for me. If I’m in a big lecture hall where students don’t group much with those far away it’s much easier for me. If the students make completely random groups (which sometimes I force) it takes me longer to get their names down but I keep them longer. I certainly agree that there’s a strong analogy with learning but, given my experience, is it better to have the students learn it fast or learn it deep? The problem with deep is it takes so long.

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