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- From: stark@dwovax.enet.dec.com (Todd I. Stark)
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- Subject: Re: body memory
- Date: 23 DEC 92 09:44:04
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- robinson@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Robinson) writes...
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- >I usually tell students the centipede story:
- >
- > "One day someone asked the Centipede how he knew which foot to move first.
- > He never walked again."
-
- In educational theory, and cognitive psych, there is a fairly standard
- distinction made between 'know how' and 'know that' (I'm avoiding the
- actual jargon). The two can complement each other or interfere with each
- other, depending on the case at hand and the individual.
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- 'Know how' is being able to describe a skill in words.
- 'Know that' is being able to perform it.
-
- Their relationship is much more complex than is implied by the centipede
- story, though it makes a valid point particularly with regard to beginners.
- The two faculties are somewhat independent, but not completely !
- They can have either a constructive or destructive interference relationship.
-
- And - as a teacher and artist in a verbal culture, if you can't describe what
- you are doing to *some* extent, a large part of your art will sadly die with
- you.
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- > Michael Robinson UUCP: ucbvax!cogsci!robinson
- > INTERNET: robinson@cogsci.berkeley.edu
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- todd
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