More about WHAT IS LEARNING?

One of the things I found interesting in our discussion is that it is difficult to separate learning and transfer. I do believe that initial learning must be mastered before transfer can occur. But, whatever we are learning, we are automatically transferring that to something we already know…sounds kind of philosophical.

The other thing I want to add to my “What is learning?” is that we also learn by questioning. Kimi had a statement in her paper that I liked. In Science, learning through research leads us to new questions and their answers will lead us to new questions.

In How Students Learn, I liked the Frog study (Box 9-3). There was an experiment, an interpretation, and a conclusion. But, then we must ask questions about the conclusion, the study design, and the validity of the conclusions. I think I can use this in my classroom. Everything is not black and white. We must always ask questions after our conclusions are determined.