Is Structure-Building inherent or something to be learned?
Photo by Avel Chuklanov on Unsplash It seems to me that structure-building is a mix of nature versus nurture, much like many other things (as far as we know). Some people are natural, or more talented, structure-builders, as if it’s a cognitive mechanism they were born with. But structure building can be learned, nurtured and improved upon. “We know that when questions are embedded in texts to help focus readers on the main ideas, the learning performance of low structure-builders improves to a level commensurate with high structure-builders ( Brown, Roediger, & McDaniel, 2014, p. 155). We can learn to be higher structure-builders if we apply deliberate practice. Photo by Atharva Lele on Unsplash This is similar to how people can learn to use memory cues to increase their working memory capacity and recall ability, much like the Oxford students taught mnemonic schemes. If a student can learn how to link “Herman and Mack’s restrai...
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