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Chunking is most definitely not "focus on concept not facts."
by DigitalJack 9y ago
Chunking is most definitely not "focus on concept not facts."
- sp527 9y agoYes, that was misstated. What I meant was that chunking is a realization of the principle of focusing on concepts instead of facts since chunks are the residual output of knowledge acquisition that actually sticks in the long term.
- DigitalJack 9y agoMaybe I misunderstood chunking when I watched the class. I took it to mean grouping items to remember into a larger whole. Orthogonal to concept vs fact. I can remember my credit card numbers because I have chunked the digits into a whole. Or at least that's what I thought was meant by chunking.
- DigitalJack 9y agoNow that I've been reflecting on it, I seem to recall what you are talking about. Stepping up the ladder of abstraction... Sorry, it's been a while since I watched it.
- glenneroo 9y agoYeah I used to remember it being slang for chatting in the BBS (multinode e.g. Wildcat) days because of the loud "chunk" (or clunk) sound of keyboards in the 90s.