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>Why would I want to spend a minute watching someone to type a line of code with all mistypes and corrections, when I can glance it in a second? A lot of peopl
by JonnieCache 16y ago
>Why would I want to spend a minute watching someone to type a line of code with all mistypes and corrections, when I can glance it in a second?
A lot of people do want this. A good screencast shows not only the code, but the thought process that goes into writing the code.
People have different cognitive styles and learn in very different ways. I thought this was common knowledge by now.
- rimantas 16y agoA good writeup can do this too. I think some like video because of the pacing — you just have time for the information so sink in.
- DrJokepu 16y agoYes I don't doubt that, but for example, I am not one of those people and I don't think I'm alone. Just give me written instructions, please. I guess that's probably the same reason why I was always incredibly bored during lectures at university and preferred learning from books instead.
- alexfarran 16y agoIt's common knowledge, but its essentially a myth. http://www.changemag.org/Archives/Back%20Issues/September-October%202010/the-myth-of-learning-full.html http://www.changemag.org/Archives/Back%20Issues/September-Oc...
- JonnieCache 16y agoWhile the specific claims made by this article are true, they do not change the fact that most educated, especially self educated people have experienced situations where they have repeatedly gained much more knowledge much faster from one particular type of learning experience than they have from others, and that there is widely differing opinion on which type is best. Now, while this obviously does not vindicate the claims of the people who assert that learning styles must be embodied in the neurology of the learner, it does show that something is going on, and it would be to the benefit of both learners and teachers to find out more about it.