2006-07-05 07:28:17 · 22 answers · asked by snow_white3652001 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Scientists understand that people learn newt hings in different ways. Some learn visually, by reading; others prefer to hear someone ready to them. Others are tactile, i.e., they prefer to learn by touch. Kinesthetic learning comes through movement.
In general, books are great places to learn general principles; experience is the best teacher of how to apply those principles in real life.
2006-07-05 07:33:32 · answer #1 · answered by Michael R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe we learn much more by experiencing. Do you notice that when you make a mistake, you're more likely to remember the incident and not make the same mistake again? We use both sides of our brain when we can learn from experience, because all our senses are put to use. We learn cognitive things when we read, but to gain the full experience, we have to have a hands-on experience.
2006-07-05 07:44:16 · answer #2 · answered by Pamela E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that by reading books you get the author's/editor's viewpoint. This doesn't mean you can't learn from books but what you learn is second hand. I believe that recent brain research verifies that humans learn from both reading and experience.
2006-07-05 07:46:48 · answer #3 · answered by wheetwert 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do learn from both, but I learn more by experience. Some people can read something and not understand what they just read-how could someone learn from what they read if they don't understand it. Although I really enjoy reading, I would rather learn with hands-on.
2006-07-05 07:33:25 · answer #4 · answered by T.R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have experience in many things. I have not read the books about such same and/or taken tests of these many things. Nor am I certified. Therefore I do not qualify to the learned world. Since I have not read that it could not be done, I did it anyhow.
2006-07-05 07:41:04 · answer #5 · answered by j&p farms 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like this quote; Foolish people never learn and repeat the same mistake over again, smart people learn from their mistakes and move forward, while truly wise people learn fromt he mistakes of others.
People all have different methods that help them learn best. Reading, hearing lecture, writing outlines or graphs and some will only learn hands on. Whatever it is, find the method that helps you learn best and work it :)
2006-07-05 07:39:04 · answer #6 · answered by Mariah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say both. You may read something in a textbook but not really get the full effect until you see the concept or experiment or whatever put into action. Then you may understand better. Some people are just like that.
2006-07-05 07:32:18 · answer #7 · answered by Di 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we learn more by reading books written by learned people. and we learn more things out of experience of not only ours but also of others
2006-07-05 07:38:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what books you read, and on what your life experiences are, and what lessons you learn from those experiences.
2006-07-05 07:34:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a "combo" question; books stimulate our minds to make our bodies want to experience the things we read about.
2006-07-05 07:32:46 · answer #10 · answered by sweet ivy lyn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋