Concrete Examples
By: Hannah Jachimiak
Why Do I Experience This After A Lecture?
I think we all have experienced attending a lecture, taking word for word notes, and thinking you have a common understanding of what is being discussed; only to have all that information go in one ear and out the other. In those last few minutes before the lecture ends you might have a solid understanding of the information discussed due to staying engaged with the professor’s lecture. Although you understand and retain the information while the lecture is actively happening, as soon as your professor ends the lecture it becomes extremely difficult to utilize the material that was taught. This tends to happen after a lecture because your brain is trying to retain mass quantities of information that is often lectured with abstract examples.
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