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Direct linkWalsh, Foster – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2003
In this article, the author compares teaching and learning to the maintenance of an old car that leaks oil and must constantly be "topped up." Learning is a complex process of taking in and leaking out. The retention of new information is constantly under assault by an array of personal and contextual factors, such as a lack of interest, fatigue,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Attention Control, Learning Motivation
