MENTALROBICS OF REPETITION
MENTALROBICS OF REPETITION: EXERCISING THE MEMORY AND LEARNING THROUGH REPEATING ALPHABET BACKWARDS
Pecasales, Justine Jamella T.
ABSRACT
This study tested if repetition is a way of exercising our memory and learning. By means of reviewing again the alphabet in a reverse order, we examined a 17 years old college student of BS Psychology 2-4 from Polytechnic University of the Philippines. She was tested whether repetition is an exercise to her memory and learning about alphabet backwards. I predicted that repetition is a mentalrobics to our memory and learning.
INTRODUCTION Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” In this quote of Aristotle, he simply implies that what we repeatedly do becomes a part of us. Once we repeat an action it now develops into a habit. Repetition perhaps is the most intuitive principle of learning, noticeable to ancient Egyptian and Chinese education, with records dating back to approximately 4,400 and 3,000 B.C., respectively (Aspinwall, 1912). On the other hand, we learned the alphabet as we hear and later on sing the ABC song repeatedly way back our childhood. Now, as the time elapses and as we continue to grow older, reciting the alphabet is just a trivial exercise for all of us since we have been reading and writing with letters for many years. But, what if we learned it the other way around? Does repetition too, can be applied in learning and memorizing the alphabet in reverse order?
Repetition is one of the most basic learning techniques. Infants use it to learn to speak. Athletes use it to perfect athletic skills. Repetition is sometimes seen as boring or looked down upon as an attempt to simply memorize rather than understand. However, for many individuals with learning differences, repetition is essential. Knowing when huge amounts of repetition are needed is what often makes the difference between learning and forgetting and learning and remembering. It is the most effective
Pecasales, Justine Jamella T.
ABSRACT
This study tested if repetition is a way of exercising our memory and learning. By means of reviewing again the alphabet in a reverse order, we examined a 17 years old college student of BS Psychology 2-4 from Polytechnic University of the Philippines. She was tested whether repetition is an exercise to her memory and learning about alphabet backwards. I predicted that repetition is a mentalrobics to our memory and learning.
INTRODUCTION Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” In this quote of Aristotle, he simply implies that what we repeatedly do becomes a part of us. Once we repeat an action it now develops into a habit. Repetition perhaps is the most intuitive principle of learning, noticeable to ancient Egyptian and Chinese education, with records dating back to approximately 4,400 and 3,000 B.C., respectively (Aspinwall, 1912). On the other hand, we learned the alphabet as we hear and later on sing the ABC song repeatedly way back our childhood. Now, as the time elapses and as we continue to grow older, reciting the alphabet is just a trivial exercise for all of us since we have been reading and writing with letters for many years. But, what if we learned it the other way around? Does repetition too, can be applied in learning and memorizing the alphabet in reverse order?
Repetition is one of the most basic learning techniques. Infants use it to learn to speak. Athletes use it to perfect athletic skills. Repetition is sometimes seen as boring or looked down upon as an attempt to simply memorize rather than understand. However, for many individuals with learning differences, repetition is essential. Knowing when huge amounts of repetition are needed is what often makes the difference between learning and forgetting and learning and remembering. It is the most effective