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Genuine question, how will memorizing this info help him? I’m a parent too, and have prioritized activities that teach my child critical thinking (so they can

Genuine question, how will memorizing this info help him? I’m a parent too, and have prioritized activities that teach my child critical thinking (so they can self-solve problems). I’m curious if I should be layering in some memorization activities like this, which is why I ask. (Please don’t take my question as judging, I’m genuinely curious how it’s helped because I might replicate. And I’ve got huge respect for all your writing over the years)

HatchedLake721 3y ago
Any interesting links or suggestions on critical thinking activities? Thanks!
- alberth 3y ago
  Hugely age dependent. But in general: puzzles, strategy games, building blocks, and asking my kiddo questions that force them to think.
karim79 3y ago
Passive learning. One can memorize stuff without comprehending its purpose, finding a direct use for it. But having information stored or encoded in long-term memory allows for new experiences or findings to be augmented by stuff one has picked up in the past. I think all kinds of magic can happen when an individual has a 'mind-library' and can combine it with newer learnings.
lacrimacida 3y ago
It’s probably more useful for working out the memorization muscle than the information itself.
hayd 3y ago
Often to solve problems you need to have multiple pieces of knowledge at your fingertips (without having to lookup each piece up or reason about it from first principles). In mathematics that might be related theorems/lemmas. In programming it might be existing functionality of libraries. Problem solving is often chaining a few things together, which you already know. Children should understand how to derive the quadractic formula but memorizing makes solving equations a lot faster. https://tabularasaeducation.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/knowledge-is-power/ https://tabularasaeducation.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/knowled...
dirkc 3y ago
During the great internet blackout of 2032 he will be the one that remembers things!
logtempo 3y ago
To memorize something, it include two step: intake of information, and mobilization of this information. So anki help to write into memory, expose to new things eventually, and associate two ideas. But the more there is association to ideas, to different contexts, the better. I think kids benefit from Anki, it's not as different as a puzzle game, but side activities are as important as anki. I think teaching kid all countries of the world might not be necessary, it might vanish if not used. But it's definitly not harmfull.

HatchedLake721 3y ago

Any interesting links or suggestions on critical thinking activities? Thanks!

alberth 3y ago
Hugely age dependent. But in general: puzzles, strategy games, building blocks, and asking my kiddo questions that force them to think.

karim79 3y ago

Passive learning. One can memorize stuff without comprehending its purpose, finding a direct use for it. But having information stored or encoded in long-term memory allows for new experiences or findings to be augmented by stuff one has picked up in the past. I think all kinds of magic can happen when an individual has a 'mind-library' and can combine it with newer learnings.

lacrimacida 3y ago

It’s probably more useful for working out the memorization muscle than the information itself.

hayd 3y ago

Often to solve problems you need to have multiple pieces of knowledge at your fingertips (without having to lookup each piece up or reason about it from first principles). In mathematics that might be related theorems/lemmas. In programming it might be existing functionality of libraries. Problem solving is often chaining a few things together, which you already know. Children should understand how to derive the quadractic formula but memorizing makes solving equations a lot faster. https://tabularasaeducation.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/knowledge-is-power/ https://tabularasaeducation.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/knowled...

dirkc 3y ago

During the great internet blackout of 2032 he will be the one that remembers things!

logtempo 3y ago

To memorize something, it include two step: intake of information, and mobilization of this information. So anki help to write into memory, expose to new things eventually, and associate two ideas. But the more there is association to ideas, to different contexts, the better. I think kids benefit from Anki, it's not as different as a puzzle game, but side activities are as important as anki. I think teaching kid all countries of the world might not be necessary, it might vanish if not used. But it's definitly not harmfull.