atw: Re: Steep learning curve
- From: "Brian Clarke" <brianclarke01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 17:47:39 +1100
The difficulty with all my interlocutors' defences is that they
consider one job at a time. However, the usual usage is to
compare the learning of one lump of material with the
learning of another - and then to complain that this job has
a steep, or steeper learning curve. In other words, the
learning curve shows a relationship between the material
and the learner.
If a job has a shorter learning period because the boss
says so, that has nothing to do with the material - that
has to do with the politics of the employment situation.
Let's not defend incorrect usages. Let's get it correct - the
way that learning psychologists use the term.
Brian.
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