| Markus E Leypold 2007-03-06, 8:12 am |
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Barry Kelly <barry.j.kelly@gmail.com> writes:
> Markus E Leypold wrote:
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> I don't know if you're deliberately trolling, but that statement flatly
No. But I don't know wether you followed the discussion. We have a
rather broad concept of theory here.
> contradicts how humans learn. 'Aimless experimentation' is called
> playing,
Playing is everything but aimless.
> and playing is a far more effective tutor than any theorizing,
I did say theory, not theorizing.
> because playing causes the learner to build up a model of what they're
> playing with, and thus they become better at internalizing theory.
You just contradicted yourself: A model is another name for a theory
here (wether verbalized or not).
Regards -- Markus
(Who definitely is not going to start this argument again if you don't
read the rest of thread after just dropping out of hyper space. And I
_alway_ like it if sudden vistors out of hyper space accuse me of
"deliberate trolling" after missing the 2 w s before that. Arrgs.).
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