Ronald D. Davis > Quotes

“Knowledge of a subject doesn’t necessarily mean you can do anything with it. That would require skill. Likewise, a student can commit something to memory with no knowledge whatsoever. A grade-schooler, for example, might be able to recite the multiplication table perfectly, but still be unable to solve simple math problems. Coming to know something implies the goal of being able to use the knowledge, while being aware of facts or figures does not. Of”
― Ronald D. Davis, The Gift of Learning

“learn: v.t. to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, practice, or experience—to commit to memory—to come to know or be aware of. Obviously,”
― Ronald D. Davis, The Gift of Learning

“If a teacher does not appeal to the curiosity of a student and has failed to make the subject being taught the most interesting thing in the environment, the teacher has created the perfect environment for ADD. This teacher will eventually tell the parents of a dyslexic child that the child can’t stay on task, is easily distractible and”
― Ronald D. Davis, The Gift of Dyslexia: Why Some of the Smartest People Can't Read...and How They Can Learn

“When someone masters something, it becomes a part of that person. It becomes part of the individual's thought and creative process. It adds the quality of its essence to all subsequent thought and creativityof the individual.”
― Ronald D. Davis, The Gift of Dyslexia: Why Some of the Smartest People Can't Read...and How They Can Learn

“I would define orientation in this way: n. 1. a state of existence where a person is accurately perceiving the environment. 2. an appropriate positioning of oneself within the environment. orient. 3. (verb transitive). an act of appropriately repositioning oneself within the environment. 4. an act of repositioning by oneself to achieve accurate perception. The principle of disorientation is more complicated to pin down. It would be easy to simply say disorientation is the opposite of orientation. Based on the definition of orientation above, disorientation would be: n. 1. a state of existence where a person is not accurately perceiving the environment. 2. an inappropriate positioning of oneself within the environment. disorient. 3. (verb transitive). an act of inappropriately repositioning oneself within the environment. 4. an act of repositioning by oneself to achieve inaccurate perception.”
― Ronald D. Davis, The Gift of Learning