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DrinkingFromAFirehose 4 - 23 Apr 2008 - Main.JuliaS
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Concerning today's discussion on reading/listening to internalize the material rather than forget it: is it possible that under some circumstances, there's simply too much material to internalize it all? It reminds me of the idea that high school is like sipping from a water fountain, college is like drinking from a garden hose, and law school is like trying to drink from a high-pressure fire hose. I'm making an honest effort to read for comprehension and understanding, but sometimes I feel like there's a bit too much for me to really remember it all. | | | I think Jesse's solution -- recalling info right before you forget it -- is relevant to a lot of situations in life, but is hard to implement with the time constraints of law school combined with the volume of information to be absorbed. I couldn't image taking the time, every day, to reintroduce (albeit in less time) myself to what I learned three days previously, plus initially learn whatever new assignments I need to learn that day. The combination of law school time crunch/info volume, with the fact that, under Jesse's approach, we would have to retain and reintroduce all of this information over a four-month period, is what makes me think this solution would be, for the average person like me (maybe not Eben), hard to implement and effectively keep going into finals week. Then again, I guess someone could call me on the fact that I could apply the time I choose to be on the Twiki to studying efforts instead. I guess my response would be that I know what my burnout limit is, and when I'm approaching it. Individual tolerances for burnout is another issue altogether that we have to layer on top of this analysis.
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According to the guy who wrote this program, we no longer need to rely on empirical observation to determine our own "forgetting moment." The program, which is based on the theory Jesse described above, keeps track of when you learn discrete bits of information, and monitors your memory through quizzes. By adjusting the length of time in between quizzes, the program generates a model of your own personal forgetting curve, which theoretically enables you to optimize your memory by reviewing at precisely the right moment. I know very little about this theory of memory, and I'm a little incredulous about the program, but it's certainly a fascinating idea.
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| Revision 4 | r4 - 23 Apr 2008 - 22:26:55 - JuliaS |
| Revision 3 | r3 - 23 Apr 2008 - 22:07:43 - BarbPitman |
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