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
Today’s discussion group had a very big turn out so there were many people wanting to discuss taking shortcuts and why they may not always be useful. We discussed how memorization isn’t a very effective for learning new material. We end up making more work for ourselves by trying to memorize all of the subjects on a quiz or test and then forget about it until it is needed for another type of exam. Memorization does not help a person remember things when they are not able to make a connection with it. Teachers will upload Powerpoints because it makes it easier for themselves and harder for students. Since they are reteaching the same material each semester, why would they want to remake slides about each of their topics. Using the same Powerpoints makes it seem like they are not interested in the material any more. Creating a shortcut may allow the first person to use it to be creative, but does not allow the students following to be.
