In regards to spotting bad or false reviews. I tend to cross examine reviews.
For example if you pick up a book on the subject of beginners PHP. There’s those who will say “This is the ultimate book” where others will say “The book is full of mistakes and doesn’t explain anything in detail”.
My solution? I’ll check it out for myself, look through the book, and make my own decision.
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fharvey
Great article! Thanks. There’s lots of very valuable issues covered. I just want to latch on to one big issue in this comment. Basically, the article theoretically describes learning as a discrete set of steps. Now, I think most people would say in practice the boundaries are fuzzy. But I want to go a step further in this comment and say that the vast range of learning styles (not to mention that people change learning styles frequently and even viewing can involve some learning) lead to problems when implementing steps. They help structure, but the steps may not always be in the right spacing to meet every learner’s intellectual gait. Over the years, I’ve come to adopt the scaffolding approach, which I’ve found is much more flexible in dealing with changing and evolving learning approaches. It’s less structured, but for one-on-one learning the scaffolding approach has greatly enhanced learning in my experiences.
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In regards to spotting bad or false reviews. I tend to cross examine reviews.
For example if you pick up a book on the subject of beginners PHP. There’s those who will say “This is the ultimate book” where others will say “The book is full of mistakes and doesn’t explain anything in detail”.
My solution? I’ll check it out for myself, look through the book, and make my own decision.
fharvey
Great article! Thanks. There’s lots of very valuable issues covered. I just want to latch on to one big issue in this comment. Basically, the article theoretically describes learning as a discrete set of steps. Now, I think most people would say in practice the boundaries are fuzzy. But I want to go a step further in this comment and say that the vast range of learning styles (not to mention that people change learning styles frequently and even viewing can involve some learning) lead to problems when implementing steps. They help structure, but the steps may not always be in the right spacing to meet every learner’s intellectual gait. Over the years, I’ve come to adopt the scaffolding approach, which I’ve found is much more flexible in dealing with changing and evolving learning approaches. It’s less structured, but for one-on-one learning the scaffolding approach has greatly enhanced learning in my experiences.