Tag Archives: retention

Is recall understanding or remembering?

By Paul | Published: December 17, 2009
While reading some interesting blogs the other day a thought gently emerged in my foggy brain which then led to a question. Is brain friendly learning, and pehaps more importantly recall,  about understanding or remembering? It’s subtle but I believe it strikes at the core of what brain friendly learning is all about. After pondering this question for [...]
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The birds, the bees and the joy of learning

By Paul | Published: December 1, 2009
We have regularly mentioned the fact that humans are programmed to make meaning. It is this genetically hard wired need that has led to our position in the world today. What is the evidence for this? Imagine the scene: It is several million years in the past. Early humans have scrambled ( or more likely fallen) down [...]
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The Mozart effect debunked

By Paul | Published: November 29, 2009
For many years I have been aware of the generally held view that playing Baroque music, specifically Mozart, can have a beneficial impact on learning and retention. Some have even suggested playing Mozart to children can improve IQ and the common reason given for this is the “Mozart Effect”. On a quiet day in the office recently [...]
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Perishable skills and use by dates

By Paul | Published: October 27, 2009
While mindlessly flicking through the TV channels the other night Paul stumbled upon a documentary on about the American Airborne Division and heard the expression “perishable skill” - that got his attention...
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Working Memory: laptop battery or fading light

By Ally | Published: October 8, 2009
A short article on SciAm website reports research by Cognitive psychologists Weiwei Zhang and Stephen J. Luck at the University of California. They challenge long held beliefs that working memory fades gradually over a few seconds. Instead, their research suggests that working memory is held accurately for a period then dissappears suddenly. Luck says the system [...]
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