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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
A good read indeed but it kinda makes me wonder. Man, there were some classes that I was GOOD at but would not have done as well in if I didn't go home and go over handouts or memorize information from textbooks. Biology comes to mind.
I also know that educational pyschologists have said that you need to repeat a task 5 times before you remember how to do it.
Interesting idea but I would imagine there would be a flip to that coin.
I do agree that the time saved is put to better use with friends and family. And I can also say that up to this point, there were a GREAT number of things in various subjects (math in particular) that I don't use at all on a daily basis, it does make you wonder what the point was.
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A lot of the article is very specific in that it relates to young children (grade 9 and below) and focuses even more heavily on grades 1-6.
We are not talking about biology here. It is the kids in grade 4 who have 20 pound backpack and 3 hours of math homework.