Re: Attention Experienced Professionals
From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:11:56 -0700
Message-ID: <1097802802.813161_at_yasure>
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> I concur. And perhaps surprisingly to those who have never worked as
> a trainer, the person who gains the most from such collaboration is
> often the person who you describe as the one who has already "got it".
> One of the best ways to learn, or to consolidate learning, is to
> explain it to someone else.
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> Lemming
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:11:56 -0700
Message-ID: <1097802802.813161_at_yasure>
Lemming wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:54:21 -0400, "Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net>
> wrote:
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>>I used collaboration to the hilt, especially in lab work. If one student >>already "got it" and explained it to another student who didn't "get it", >>as far as I was concerned, real education was going on. Of course, I >>wasn't responsible for certifying these people. The only certificate >>Digital gave them was a certificate of attendance.
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> I concur. And perhaps surprisingly to those who have never worked as
> a trainer, the person who gains the most from such collaboration is
> often the person who you describe as the one who has already "got it".
> One of the best ways to learn, or to consolidate learning, is to
> explain it to someone else.
>
> Lemming
I've learned 10X more about SQL and Oracle since I started teaching than I knew when I started. Some of it the result of being abused by Howard but please don't tell him I said so. ;-)
-- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)Received on Fri Oct 15 2004 - 03:11:56 CEST