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Re: LEGO, kids, and how it has come to this
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 11 May 2004 21:05:23 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Brian Davis wrote:
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You may have a point, but I’ve always found the Lego instructions to in
some regards be the most amazing portions of the models - that you can come
up with a clear, language-independent way of directing the assembling of
several hundred individual pieces, *and* have it instantly understandable by
a 5 year old, just floors me. But I do sometimes wonder if some of my college
students could do it (frankly, I suspect some of them couldn’t).
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I address this in my 3D CAD class - it’s very interesting to see how adults
approach building instructions as users (and then creators). There’s some very
complex thinking going on there. Ever read any of Tufte’s books on Graphic
Communication?
Also note that the other behavior described by Ted (looking at something and
trying to make a model that looks like it) isn’t necessarily “dumb” either.
That’s how MOCs are created, after all..
Darrell
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| (...) !!! Perhaps this also represents just the range of kids - my son (5, at the time) put 90% of the Mars Exploration Rover together with just the Lego instructions (the last 10% was becasue, after something like 5 hours and it being past his (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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