My First Class-12

My First Class

By David Light
EDI 600 Psychological Foundation Of Education
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
September 3, 2008

The name game during the first day of class was highly beneficial. I found the activity made me feel welcome and accepted by my peers. Not only did I interpret the activity an important tool learn about others; I found I could easily relate to the confidence building mechanism. Given this opportunity Tuesday night to build confidence via memorization, made me recall my own past experiences. I attribute much of this developmental learning of memorization through parents, teachers and life experiences.

Learning and playing the game of memory was exciting compared to the activity of a board game. Board games are generally static and non-thought provoking. Contrary to this, the game of memory is a way in which to build valuable skills and traits for a child. These aspects are best attributed when accompanied by praising a child for their efforts and hard work.In hindsight the game of memory teaches memorization and an effective tool for development skills.

It is my true belief the game of memory is necessary for both the development of basic and complex activities requiring memorization. Two examples are participating in sports and the performing arts. The example of sports namely, baseball, requires one to observe an opposing pitcher to obtain the goal of producing a hit.

Using memory an individual envisions a pitcher from past dealings in prior at bats or games. The technique of memorization allows one to understand what type of pitch the pitcher may throw next.The second form of memorization may be identified as an organizational complexity. The organizational complexity of memorizing monologues, songs and the interactions between an individual and other actors may be challenging at best. One may feel anxiety in such a situation, to counteract this fear one may only need to call upon memorization to build confidence.