First Barrier to Learning:
"Lack of mass (physical object) of what is being studied"
If one is attempting to understand the function and operation of a car or a computer or a solar system, the printed page and spoken word are no substitute for the object itself.
It would be difficult to understand how to use a computer for the first time if you did not have the computer there in front of you.
In fact, lacking the object associated with a word can inhibit all understanding.
Have you seen your children or students look like this when they study?
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Perhaps you have experienced this yourself when you've tried to learn something.
A person studying a subject without the objects related to that subject will experience these and several other specific reactions.
Knowing how to identify and handle these reactions is vital to a student's ability to grasp and use a subject — and more than vital to a teacher's ability to get a student to learn the subject.
