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RE: Learning by Making Connections
I have always said (without actually testing) that when you try to put your brain into use, it naturally improves it's learning ability. I am a living example of this. Your write up just explained the science behind it. Thanks
Yes. I have always known this at a practical level. For instance it would not make any sense if you try to teach a child that 2+2=4 if he does not know what two is in the first place. The pupil would need to know that there is 1, 2, 3 and so on. Then the pupil would need to know the relationship between these numbers. He has to be very conversant with 2, in other words his neurons need to have formed a linear pathway for 2 in relation to the other numbers, before he would be able to understand the addition. This understanding would be based on the connection that after 1 there is 2. Then there is the issue of plus. Without understanding the + operation, it is not easy to understand 2+2 either.
This explains why people who know three languages can more easily learn a fourth than someone who knows only one.
I appreciate you leaving a comment. Thanks a real lot.
you are welcome