tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post7068957857511299375..comments2024-03-26T04:19:38.862-07:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: Way too much thinkingCatherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-19569999333187912432015-12-17T19:10:44.036-08:002015-12-17T19:10:44.036-08:00late to the party, but have you read Rodolfo R. Ll...late to the party, but have you read Rodolfo R. Llinas' I of the Vortex. He discusses the seat of procedural learning of FAP's - Fixed Action Patterns (such as rote memorization of multiplication tables)as being tied to the Basal Ganglia. This is also touched upon in the book Where Mathematics Comes From, How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being, by George Lakoff and Rafael Nunez Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-35462081677249015932015-08-07T08:09:57.103-07:002015-08-07T08:09:57.103-07:00I'm curious. What would nonconscious teaching ...I'm curious. What would nonconscious teaching and learning look like?<br /><br />Also, wouldn't the only way to prove whether or not explaining your answer is "nonsense" be to have a random assignment experiment in which some students were taught to explain their answers and others were not? It may be a sign that I'm a little Aspie, but I've never understood why people get so emotionally invested in something that has not been proven by a gold standard experiment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-3394610706050099082015-08-03T07:03:07.577-07:002015-08-03T07:03:07.577-07:00As I read, I kept thinking about Gladwell's &q...As I read, I kept thinking about Gladwell's "Blink" ... thinking without thinking.<br /><br /> ~LukeLuke Holzmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799632321310461828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-18480766342324179872015-08-02T22:59:48.433-07:002015-08-02T22:59:48.433-07:00I got to spend the summer doing the kind of resear...I got to spend the summer doing the kind of research I did in grad school and as a postdoc (way to expensive for my primarily undergraduate environment), and was reminded how much thinking happens in the back brain -- there is just a lot of "Ok, that didn't work, is it our equipment or our setup or are we thinking about the system the wrong way?" or "I need to walk away from this and just think about it or even take a break." Sometimes it is really helpful to talk through the problem with someone else who also understands it, and it is important to communicate your results, but yeah, you need to train that back brain.ChemProfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-45223199198008358972015-08-01T14:26:41.102-07:002015-08-01T14:26:41.102-07:00This snippet reminds me of occasions when someone ...This snippet reminds me of occasions when someone drives when tired. They pull into their driveway and do not remembering how they got home. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-40225227704176144632015-08-01T08:30:25.012-07:002015-08-01T08:30:25.012-07:00See also this article.See also <a href="http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/math-problems-knowing-doing-and-explaining-your-answer/" rel="nofollow">this article.</a>Barry Garelickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01281266848110087415noreply@blogger.com