From: Ed Lopez
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Date: 31 Oct 1996
Time: 13:02:11
Remote Name: brg02.ucsc.edu
Mercedes, nice observations. In your descriptions of Norma using the boy / grandmother software, becoming boared, and then moving to the Lion King software, and moving allong the first part until she got to the puzzle game, which was challenging. I couldn't help to wonder what you thought about this. In other words, what are your thoughts on the roles boredom, easyness, and challenging / frustrating experiences all play or not in learning? How do you think they were involved in Norma's experiences? Also, do you think Norma actually learned something? If yes, "What"? What did you learn? Also, you said you kind of expected things to be easy for her when she moved on to the Lion king. Do you think that when people who work with kids, (i.e, like yourself), in a learning context. do you think that their expectations / aspirations play a role in the learning that may or may not occur for the child? Lastly, you mentioned something really interesting in terms of communication. You mentioned that she didn't do too much verbal communication, but non-verbally, she smiled at you and things seemed ok. What roles do you think communication, both verbal and non-verbal play in a childs expereinces of learning or not learning? How about on your part? Overall, very interesting. I hope this helps, Ed.