A
Few Thoughts On Learning
The High Q emphasis in all its courses
is learning. Each individual has
differences in learning style and
learning ability. These differences are
difficult, if not impossible, to
accommodate in a classroom environment.
The teacher must necessarily gear the
class toward some middle ground. Years
of experience provide the teacher a
sense of where this middle-ground
compromise lies.
With
tutoring, however, the individual can be
fully accommodated. A common example of
this is private music lessons. Tutoring,
of course, is an expensive method for
general education.
High Q
offers an economical and effective
learning method designed to accommodate
the individual. The use of a personal
computer with multi-sensory,
interactive, and, most importantly,
student-directed presentations is the
superior method.
The High
Q presentation method is easy to use,
providing the student total control of
the learning environment through an
extensive array of commands.
Consider
two differences in learning style. For
some, a sequential approach is
appropriate and desired. The High Q
interactive Table of Contents fills this
need. Lesson 1 followed by Lesson 2, and
so on, are identified and available for
entering the course. The lessons,
however, can be taken in any order the
student wishes.
For
others, intuitive learning prevails.
"Jump in, the water is fine"
seems to sum it up. The High Q topical
references --- called Knowledge Nodes
---
provide just such a method. The
Knowledge Nodes allow course entry at
any point for any topic. One topic leads
to another. "With this approach the
course can be taken inside out,"
suggested one of our students.
For many
people, a combination of sequential and
intuitive learning is appropriate. The
important idea is that both are
available, and the student is in
control.
There is
another aspect of learning designed into
High Q courses. Many students do not
learn well if they are presented with
rules to memorize. They learn best and
retain best when the underlying
principle is understood. High Q courses
are carefully constructed to provide the
fundamental underlying principles and
concepts. This is accomplished in Chapter
One of each course. Further
details and amplifications then follow.
Regardless
of your individual learning preference,
you will succeed with High Q learning
because you are in control!
Thank
you for visiting High Q.
We invite you to join the High Q Family
of Learners.
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