Group: Kyle Owens, Bella, Jake D, Kenzie Neiderer, Jason, Gabby, Shawn, Jenna, Sabrina, Cristian Galilea, David Heffron, Joshua Rogers, Muhammad Rabi, Jake Heikkinen, Sean Redding, Tyler E, Nick, Timothy Domanowski, Sam Livorno
The group for Friday had a large turn out. There were actually two groups discussing similar topics revolving around taking short cuts. A main idea that was thrown around by many was the talk about memorizing topics for classes. By memorizing these topics to make it easier for yourself at the time, you really make it harder in the future. While you may remember the topics for the test once that time has passed you will struggle to recall what it was. This is because you didn’t actually learn it you just temporarily help on to it until you felt you didn’t need it anymore. One main reason why we use memorization is because many classes are taught through slideshows. Slideshows make it easier for the teacher to present their lesson but to the students it doesn’t really feel like being taught. It can be seen as needing to memorize what is on those slides which ultimately leads to very little learning if any. This short cut may benefit the teacher when they make the presentation but that short cut ends up hurting the students trying to learn.
