{"id":45,"date":"2012-12-28T10:40:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T14:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgrimworks.com\/blog\/?p=45"},"modified":"2015-07-27T04:05:35","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T08:05:35","slug":"you-can-always-look-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimworks.com\/blog\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"You can always look it up"},"content":{"rendered":"

We live in the “Internet age” when the memorization of facts is scorned because “you can always look it up.” Teachers instinctively know there is a seed of truth to this idea, but it is generally a dangerous philosophy. A 2000 paper in the American Educator <\/em>explores this topic effectively and is worth reading:<\/p>\n

‘You Can Always Look It Up’… or Can You?<\/a>
\nE. D. Hirsch, Jr.
\nAmerican Educator<\/em>, Spring 2000<\/p>\n

A couple of excerpts may provide motivation to go read the whole article:<\/p>\n

“Their studies provide insight into the paradox that you can successfully look something up only if you already know quite a lot about the subject.”<\/p>\n

“To make it worthwhile to look something up, you already need to know 95% of the words.”<\/p>\n

I came across the above article reading this blog entry, which is also worth reading:<\/p>\n

“Memory Cannot be Outsourced”<\/a>
\nThe Wing to Heaven<\/em> blog by Daisy Christodoulou<\/p>\n

And here is another thoughtful take on the same subject.<\/p>\n

“Kids These Days: Why They Think Differently and What We Should Do About It”<\/a>
\nDan Olinger
\nBJU Press White Paper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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