[Newsgroups trimmed] On Sat, 8 May 2004 16:26:10 +1000, "John Smyth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all, > Is anyone able to help with the original reference for this study? > > "In a classic study in a top university, summa cum laude graduates were > given their same final exams one month after graduation, and they all > failed. ALL failed? That sounds unlikely enough that I would quote it with a disclaimer until I saw the original. > Researcher Leslie Hart summarised the results: "Final exams are > final indeed!" > > Above information given (without any reference) on page 65 of Michael Gelb, > How to think like Leonardo Da Vinci (Thorsons 1998 London). > > I skim read two books by Leslie Hart and found nothing about this study in > them. They were "Human Brain and Human Learning" (1983) and "The Classroom > Disaster" (1969). > > Can anyone help with the original reference? Here is a site that Google gave me for "Leslie Hart" which cites his two books and others. Perhaps you could send a question to the address on their home page - http://www.tprsource.com/brain_research.html -- Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
