AP Credit Will No Longer Be Accepted At Dartmouth

Re:AP Credit Will No Longer Be Accepted At Dartmouth by InclinedPlane on Thursday January 17, 2013 @06:23PM (#5075945)

Indeed. A lot of education in the western world is remarkably shallow. Blitz through a lot of "material" and busy work, then cram so you can pass the test the next day, then forget everything. It's a horrible way to "learn" anything.

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Re:AP Credit Will No Longer Be Accepted At Dartmouth by sliverstorm on Thursday January 17, 2013 @06:34PM (#5076012)

I found the issue was just building on my education. You could teach me concept X until you were blue in the face, and I wouldn't remember a whole lot a few months later. But give me a half-decent education on concept X and then soon after move to something that builds on concept X, and I will retain a far greater understanding of concept X for far longer.

I think it is related to a similar effect I have noticed- when I teach something, I again retain that information much better.

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