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- Title
Forgetting While Learning: A Plea for Specific Consolidation.
- Authors
Steiner, Gerhard
- Abstract
One of the most striking observations during our longitudinal studies in six vocational schools with more than 50 classes and teachers was the tremendous loss of knowledge from one teaching unit to the next one: sometimes over as short a time as from the beginning of a lecture to its end, sometimes from one week to the next one. So, it is not only mid-or long-term forgetting but also very short-term forgetting, or "forgetting while learning." An exemplary analysis of an example from conceptual learning is given, and some causes for this striking form of forgetting-at a moment where forgetting is extremely detrimental for any kind of continuing learning-are presented. This article refers to some theoretical considerations about certain conditions of conceptual learning and presents the conclusions of the longitudinal studies rather than the description of the research and development processes. It may be interpreted as a direct contribution to teachers' further education.
- Subjects
LONGITUDINAL method; SOCIAL science research; COHORT analysis; EVENT history analysis; CROSS-sectional method; FOLLOW-up studies (Medicine); PACING strategies (Education); TEACHING methods; CASE method (Teaching)
- Publication
Journal of Cognitive Education & Psychology, 2009, Vol 8, Issue 2, p117
- ISSN
1945-8959
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/1945-8959.8.2.117