Tuesday, January 23, 2007

 
I like the direction we're going in, especially if our research comes together in a presentable, functional form; however, I'm concerned about how we will actually gather data on this topic. I know of several scientific journals that I can scour in order to find some useable information, but as this topic is not straight forward, solid data may be difficult to procure. We are analyzing how people learn, and more specifically, how space affects the way in which people learn. Unfortunately, when conducting research it will be difficult to weed out confounding factors such as the medium in which information is sent (authority or lack thereof plays a large role here) as well as the intent of the students. It has been proven that a different portion of the brain is used when someone intends to recreate a scenario (do a math problem, a flip, speak, etc) that enables memory to be more hardwired. What I'm getting at is that we need to ensure that our questions, goals, etc are attainable and our conclusions will not be blurred or obviously errant due to the infinite array of people that take part in learning.

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