Practical Demonstration: A Method for Generating Behavioural Evidence to Study Memorisation of the Holy Qurʾān
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https://doi.org/10.31436/alburhn.v6i2.251Keywords:
Practical demonstration, Qurʾanic memorisation, mental imagery, retrieval structure, long-term working memoryAbstract
Practical Demonstration evolved as a method of data collection for investigating the memorisation of the Holy Qurʾān and its attendant learning processes. Its objective was to generate data that must be authentic, have ecological validity and be empirical, and at the same time be replicable and have conceptual clarity. It is a structured interaction between the researcher and the subject about a particular aspect of the memorisation process that has been automatized, is beyond conscious awareness and taken for granted by the subjects. Trying to elicit information about such a phenomenon through questioning gave imprecise answers, especially in the case of children. So, the researcher asked the subjects to ‘show her’ rather than ‘tell her’. Practical demonstrations were used extensively both during the participant observation and semi-structured interviews. They yielded rich evidence on certain aspects of the memorisation process such as multi-modal learning including visual imagery of a particular page; coordination of the articulatory system and the phonological loop during initial stages of memorisation; development of metamemory and its role in learning and memorising; error-monitoring, detection, and rectification; types of errors; and developing a system of retrieval cues and retrieval structure.
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