CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Echoic Memory, Note-Taking, Written Language
14 Dec 2016
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How cognitive science can help you get through school. It"s true that some people have a better visual /auditory memory than others: everyone believes it, 90% of students. People can learn in different ways, and some people are good at learning certain types of information. But the specific predictions of the theory and the way that you would apply it in the classroom are wrong. If you already believe it you"ll probably interpret situations as consistent with the theory. The theory is that people type too much on the computer, and when people write by hand they are forced to process it and summarize. This leads to deeper processing: also, you are more easily distracted by the web if you have a computer on, process your notes later with flashcards. In my class, if you"re going to do something other than paying attention, please sit at the back.
