Peer Review

Morgan’s piece about condensing one hour into 7 minutes was very interesting. At first glanced it appeared to be only about the summation of an hour into 7 minutes. But then on reflection, I realized that it shows a lot more about the retentions ability of the mind. Because she was using the basis of general biology, something that I have a background in, I was able to compare and contrast my retention of the information with her retention. It was interesting to her the connections that her mind made and the ways that she remembers the connection of the information. It also spoke about pedagogy and different ways that she was taught to retain this information. For example, remember certain phrases, like catch phrases, to remember important aspects. I remember being taught hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties of cell membranes by my professor making a joke about being hydrophobic. This is a connection that exists in my brain and maybe a few other students alone, but does not exist to Morgan. Her piece further talked about pedagogy, because to show her retention of information in an hour, she mimicked the actions of a teacher, and for a brief minute became a teacher of information. This showed a passing down of not only information but of pedagogical styles and traits as well.