- Oct 2023
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lawliberty.org lawliberty.org
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His commentary, often thought-provoking and occasionally infuriating, is never edifying.
Could it be edifying to the author who seems to have a set notion of how things should be in advance of the argument? One wonders what his translation would look like...
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- Mar 2022
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give the text your reading the opportunity to tell you something new and something 00:49:02 you have not expected so i'm worried a little bit of having fixed [Music] categories to look through 00:49:16 text because it might turn every text into something that is um already fitting your categories instead of expanding them 00:49:26 or adding to them
Coming to a text with too rigid a set of questions or preconceived categories may cause you to be blinded by what you expect to get out of it rather than allowing the text to surprise you with new and interesting insights you may not have anticipated.
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- Mar 2017
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scalar.usc.edu scalar.usc.edu
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Acknowledging prior learning
"Students come to the classroom with preconceptions about how the world works. If their initial understanding is not engaged, they may fail to grasp the new concepts and information that are taught, or they may learn them for purposes of a test but revert to their preconceptions outside the classroom". How People Learn
Examples: Harvard graduates talk about: seasons electricity mass of trees 3:50
"A critical feature of effective teaching is that it elicits from students their preexisting understanding of the subject matter to be taught and provides opportunities to build on—or challenge—the initial understanding."
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