{"id":4810,"date":"2015-06-20T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=4810"},"modified":"2015-06-20T10:40:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T16:40:18","slug":"worth-repeating-mythical-retention-data-the-corrupted-cone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/20\/worth-repeating-mythical-retention-data-the-corrupted-cone\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth repeating: Mythical Retention Data &#038; The Corrupted Cone"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.willatworklearning.com\/2015\/01\/mythical-retention-data-the-corrupted-cone.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3848\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/csilence1-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"csilence1\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/csilence1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/csilence1.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Will at Work Learning: Mythical Retention Data &amp; The Corrupted Cone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Will Thalheimer for taking the time to pull this all together. This is one of those trite myths that is so popular but that\u00a0actually has the potential to cause damage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tales of the Undead\u2026Learning Theories: The Learning Pyramid | ACRLog\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/03\/30\/tales-of-the-undeadlearning-theories-the-learning-pyramid-acrlog\/\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;ve commented on\u00a0this before<\/a>, as have others but this is one of those myths that seems to keep hanging on.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-4810'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4810);\" title='Like' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>1 person likes this post.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4810);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(4810);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Will at Work Learning: Mythical Retention Data &amp; The Corrupted Cone. Thank you Will Thalheimer for taking the time to pull this all together. This is one of those trite myths that is so popular but that\u00a0actually has the potential &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/20\/worth-repeating-mythical-retention-data-the-corrupted-cone\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,9,24],"tags":[388,300,393],"class_list":["post-4810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-educational-technology","category-teaching-learning","tag-academia","tag-ed-tech-2","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1fA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4924,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/07\/06\/the-myth-of-learning-styles-still\/","url_meta":{"origin":4810,"position":0},"title":"The Myth of Learning Styles&#8230;. 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