Sunday, May 8, 2011 - Hastings NE
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Power & Light, Hastings NE, May 8, 2011
Night camp
Site n/a - DLD State Recreation Area, Hastings NE
- Verizon cell phone and EVDO service - good signal
- Go to DLD State Recreation Area website
- Locate DLD State Recreation Area on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather here
Observational Learning
[Learning by watching] is called observational learning. When it comes to evolutionary fears, as well as to many other areas of learning, animals and people learn by watching what other animals or people do, not by doing something themselves and learning from the consequences. I have the impression this lesson hasn't quite been absorbed by most educators. You read that hands-on learning is best, but that may not always be so. Obviously evolution has selected for strong observational learning in animals and in humans.