From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] how people learn things (was architectures)
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:25:33 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B4F0838.A11E56BA@null.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200107130800.KAA02977@boris.cd.chalmers.se>
Laura Creighton wrote:
> But I have had a rather great advantage when studying how people learn
> things. I had access to soldiers (and sailors, and airmen). They can
> be _ordered_ to learn something. Then you can watch how they do it.
Also, fear of the consequences of not learning can be a great
motivator. I was on the staff of the U.S. Army Security Agency
Training Center & School in the early 1970s, and people who
didn't make the grade found themselves trying not to step on
pungee stakes in the rice paddies etc.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-13 15:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-13 8:00 Laura Creighton
2001-07-13 9:48 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-13 15:25 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-13 15:44 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-13 20:47 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-07-14 14:45 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-13 15:25 ` Douglas A. Gwyn [this message]
2001-07-13 9:12 okamoto
2001-07-13 10:07 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-13 10:49 ` Lucio De Re
2001-07-13 10:59 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-13 11:11 ` Lucio De Re
2001-07-13 15:26 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-13 16:20 ` Lucio De Re
2001-07-14 0:28 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-16 8:54 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-16 9:55 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-13 9:17 okamoto
2001-07-13 12:49 presotto
2001-07-13 13:38 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-13 15:44 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-14 0:19 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-02 10:27 ` Ralph
2001-08-02 11:24 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-03 9:05 ` Ralph Corderoy
2001-08-03 10:15 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-13 16:22 rog
2001-07-14 0:23 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-16 8:54 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-16 15:46 ` david presotto
2001-07-13 16:32 jmk
2001-07-16 8:55 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-16 15:21 ` Rick Hohensee
2001-07-16 16:21 rog
2001-07-16 16:46 ` suspect
2001-07-16 18:15 David Gordon Hogan
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