tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133810669455539532.post1220926392282295795..comments2023-07-09T06:46:29.763-07:00Comments on So, this is a treadmill: A Question for The Not-So-Young-'Unsnzformehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13982194544873836336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133810669455539532.post-46961686885447013152008-03-06T06:19:00.000-08:002008-03-06T06:19:00.000-08:00I went back to school after raising the kids, the ...I went back to school after raising the kids, the youngest was in 6th grade. I think that adds up to around 20 years I'd been out of school. I graduated with honors, but I really did have to study a lot harder than when I was in high school/college the first time. I think our brains slow down when we "stop" book learning. ~~Kath~~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133810669455539532.post-24146497536531666892008-03-07T13:17:00.000-08:002008-03-07T13:17:00.000-08:00There's an old saw in science fiction, attributabl...There's an old saw in science fiction, attributable to Robert Heinlein, to "tell me three times" as a memory tool. <br><br>I've been taught, when learning to teach adults new information, to "tell it three times" in this manner: <br><br>First, tell them what they'll be learning.<br><br>Second, teach them the new material.<br><br>Lastly, tell them what they have learned.<br><br>Keep your sessions to a max of 20 minutes, break for ten and go back to it for another twenty. Break for twenty and then wrap it up for twenty. No session should exceed two hours without at least an hour break between for maximum retention. That's for professionals who are not students in a formal educational course of study. <br><br>As always, your mileage may vary and the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your existence...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133810669455539532.post-27973852665522544692008-03-13T19:29:00.000-07:002008-03-13T19:29:00.000-07:00Yes! I think we learn differently as we get older...Yes! I think we learn differently as we get older. It's almost as if we have to re-train our brains to learn. You'll do it, though!<br>Lori<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com