Fundamentals

January 8th, 2007 by Kashif Aziz ( 954 Views )

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You know who teaches the fundamentals really well? Computer games! A couple of Eids ago I tried playing Prince of Persia on a Playstation 2 and found that every time a new ability/feature is added to the player’s repertoire in the game, the player gets a chance to try it out.

But NOT in a pure training setting - you get to use it on a game level trying to advance just as usual. And that is key - that your training is guided and focused on a basic skill but still has relevance and direction.

This approach could easily be transplanted to business software design, to corporate training or to any complex product.

I also remembered a British study that showed that teaching school children grammar has no discernible effect on the quality of their writing. Getting them to actually write does work, however. This seems to indicate that you can also get too basic - that some fundamental skills don’t help you much.

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