DT> I'm beginning to identify some things I do that you might consider 
 DT> "drill and practice" (under your definition) a 
 DT> repetition of a skill.  
 DT> Isn't that a good teaching practice anyway? (repeating a skill)  I 
 DT> always "revisit" a concept many times because I know that children 
 DT> aren't going to get it the first time.  We don't go 
 DT> over it 10 times in 
 DT> a single sitting but we do go over it many times 
 DT> over a given period.  
 DT> When the concept is first introduced we "visit is" 
 DT> frequently.  After a 
 DT> while it is less often.  
It is interesting how all children can remember a commercial jingle or song 
they hear over and over. Recently we were told at an inservice that 
advertisers know it takes 20-35 repetitions of a commercial to fix it in the 
mind of a child. 
 
In some ways, I feel in the middle of your discussion with Charles, I agree 
and disagree with both of you.  
 
Perhaps it is the wide age range I have taught. I still have troubles with 
the way WL is being taught here, many of us recognize that it is being blamed 
for something that is really out of the control of teachers -poor training 
and poor support economically.
 
As a little question, do you consider reading a skill?
--- Maximus 2.02
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