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ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
MOST
COMMONLY
ASKED BY
MEDIA
It begins by understanding the
barriers to study.
The first of these barriers is studying a subject in the absence of its physical mass. For example, if one is studying tractors, the printed page and the spoken word are no substitute for an actual tractor. Lacking a tractor to associate with the written word, or at least pictures of the subject, severely limits a person’s understanding of tractors.
The next barrier is too steep a gradient in study. If a student is forced to address new material without first understanding the material which precedes and lays the foundation for later study, confusion results and learning breaks down.
For example, suppose a person learning to drive has difficulty coordinating his feet and hands to manually shift the car into another gear while keeping to one lane. The difficulty will be found to lie in some earlier action in shifting gears. Possibly he was not yet comfortable shifting through the gears with the engine off and the car at rest. If this is recognized, the gradient can be cut back and the person brought up to a point where he can easily shift the gears on a motionless car before performing the same action while in motion.
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