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Nodaway Valley Park, Clarinda IA

Camped at Nodaway Valley Park, Clarinda IA, May 10, 2011
Camped at Nodaway Valley Park, Clarinda IA, May 10, 2011

This older 164 acre park, located 2 miles north of Clarinda on Highway 71, is on a hill overlooking the Nodaway and East Nodaway Rivers. It has an extensive trail system, 14 electrical campsites, picnic areas and a playing field in upland timber and open fields.

Nodaway Valley Park, Clarinda IA

Nights I've camped here

Observational Learning

[Learning by watching] is called observational learning. When it comes to evolutionary fears, as well as to many other areas of learning, animals and people learn by watching what other animals or people do, not by doing something themselves and learning from the consequences. I have the impression this lesson hasn't quite been absorbed by most educators. You read that hands-on learning is best, but that may not always be so. Obviously evolution has selected for strong observational learning in animals and in humans.

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