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The Science of Learning • 219 implied HN points • 24 Jul 23
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Retrieval practice helps all students remember what they learned better, whether they know a lot or a little about a topic. It involves recalling information, like through quizzes, and boosts memory retention.
  2. Studying over spaced intervals is more effective than cramming all at once. Mixing up different subjects or topics during study sessions can also improve learning by making it more engaging.
  3. Many college students don't realize how beneficial spacing and mixing subjects can be for their studying. Teaching them about these techniques can help them study smarter and remember better.

Do Computers Undermine Conversation in the Classroom?

Mathworlds • 176 implied HN points • 20 Apr 23
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Classroom conversation needs interesting topics and opportunities to talk about them, regardless of the medium used.
  2. Teacher pedagogy must adapt with new technology to facilitate and enhance classroom conversation.
  3. Maintaining a balance between technology and face-to-face interaction is crucial in fostering classroom communication.

Renovations to the ivory tower

The Bell Ringer • 59 implied HN points • 22 Mar 24
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Understanding how people learn is crucial for effective teaching. Teachers need to know learning styles to help students better.
  2. There are new resources and issues focusing on how novices learn. This can guide both educators and parents in supporting students.
  3. The importance of evidence-based approaches in education is growing. Relying on research can improve teaching strategies and student outcomes.

Creative Writing as Philosophy

Justin E. H. Smith's Hinternet • 622 implied HN points • 30 Jan 24
📚 Literature Pedagogy
  1. There can be a philosophy of whatever we intuitively imagine there can be a Form of, which is close to saying whatever is universal.
  2. Introducing a creative dimension into philosophy is urgent in an era where machines handle knowledge tasks, making it necessary to reconceive humanities as partly creative endeavors.
  3. Philosophy can also be seen as incitement of the imagination through creative means, presenting a valuable approach to understanding the world in different ways.

Revisiting and expanded: Thanks again, JT

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life • 11 implied HN points • 14 Dec 25
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Teaching can be deeply rewarding and fulfilling, bringing joy from helping students grow both academically and personally.
  2. A single inspiring teacher can spark a love of a subject and even influence someone’s career choices.
  3. Small, consistent acts of care—like noticing a shy student or suggesting clubs—have big, lasting effects on students’ confidence and memories.
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Against using Nicholas Cage movies to teach correlation and causation

Unconfusion • 39 implied HN points • 31 Mar 24
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Using silly examples to teach correlation and causation can let students off too easily. It's important to challenge them with examples that make them think.
  2. Most teaching examples use time-series data, but many real-world correlations don't fit this model. We should focus on typical variations found in research.
  3. Mixing random correlations with spurious connections creates confusion. Teaching should clearly explain how confounders can lead to false relationships.

Edu-Snippets

The Science of Learning • 139 implied HN points • 07 Jun 23
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Giving students worked examples in math can help them feel less anxious and learn better. It makes math easier for those who usually struggle with it.
  2. Being in nature can help people feel more relaxed and focused, while watching videos of nature doesn't have the same benefits. For real restoration, you need real nature.
  3. Brain training apps may help you get better at their specific games, but they don’t really make you smarter in everyday life. They haven't shown strong proof of boosting general brain skills.

Abolish Grades

Yascha Mounk • 2 HN points • 29 Aug 24
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Grade inflation is a big problem. At top universities, students are getting higher grades, making it hard to tell who is really doing great work.
  2. A grading system should help students understand how they're doing, but if everyone's getting A's, they may think they are doing better than they really are.
  3. To fix this, universities could make grades pass-fail, which would stop misleading people about student achievements and encourage students to take harder courses.

sunday memepool: an education

bad cattitude • 101 implied HN points • 05 Jan 25
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Education is evolving, and it's important to stay updated. Keep learning about new trends and methods.
  2. There are many modern issues that require fresh thinking. It's good to approach problems with a new perspective.
  3. Engaging with communities can provide valuable insights. Sharing experiences and ideas can help everyone grow.

Pedagogical Downsides of Haskell

Stefan’s Substack • 74 HN points • 11 Apr 23
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Teaching Haskell involves navigating through issues like explaining type classes and higher-order functions.
  2. The concept of lazy evaluation in Haskell can be difficult to understand without prior knowledge of lambda calculus.
  3. Haskell's purity and currying concepts, while useful, can be challenging for beginners to grasp.

On Teaching Entrepreneurship

The Rest • 58 implied HN points • 12 Mar 23
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Teaching entrepreneurship can be a complex mix of personal reflection and systemic critique.
  2. In today's world, many feel the pressure to be entrepreneurs due to shrinking job opportunities and rising costs.
  3. There are always alternatives to the current system, as shown by various popular liberation movements.

A curriculum for the AI age

State of the Future • 34 implied HN points • 26 Mar 25
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. The current education system is outdated and doesn't prepare kids for a future dominated by AI, which will take over many jobs. We need to rethink education to emphasize skills that AI can't replicate.
  2. Key human skills like authentic presence, accountability, and emotional intelligence will be essential as we move away from traditional work roles. These are things that make us truly human and can't be replaced by machines.
  3. We should focus on educational approaches that develop children's emotional and social skills, such as Montessori and Waldorf. The goal is to help kids find purpose and meaning, rather than just preparing them for jobs.

What I Didn't Learn at the Evergreen State College

I Might Be Wrong • 15 implied HN points • 16 Jan 25
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Without grades, college can become a joke, leading many students to slack off instead of genuinely engaging with learning. It’s important to have some accountability to encourage real effort.
  2. Professors often pass students regardless of their actual participation or effort, which undermines the purpose of education and makes it hard to assess true performance.
  3. To improve education, grades need to mean something again so that employers can better understand which students truly excel and which do not. Making grades meaningful is a better alternative than removing them altogether.

Understanding Alpha School: Can We 10x Education?

FutureIQ • 2 implied HN points • 04 Jul 25
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Alpha School claims students learn effectively in just two hours a day, but really they spend more time involved in activities. The focus is on quality learning rather than the number of hours.
  2. The school promotes the idea of AI tutors, but the reality is more about structured lessons and feedback. It’s less about advanced technology and more about good learning practices.
  3. Incentives play a big role in student motivation at Alpha School. They have a reward system that encourages kids to stay on track and complete their lessons, showing that rewards can help boost learning.

Should we teach children to memorize the multiplication tables?

The Science of Learning • 4 HN points • 26 Jun 23
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Children benefit from memorizing multiplication tables because it helps them solve math problems more easily. When students know their math facts, they can focus on more complex thinking instead of getting stuck on basic calculations.
  2. Research shows that students who memorize math facts do better in math overall. This memorization builds a strong foundation for advanced math skills later on.
  3. It's important to strike a balance between memorization and understanding in math education. Teaching kids to remember math facts can actually support their overall learning and make problem-solving easier.

Inventing Mathematics as a Kid

Kids Who Love Math • 3 HN points • 17 Nov 23
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Teaching math by involving kids to solve practice problems first can lead to deeper understanding
  2. Encouraging kids to struggle through problem-solving helps them build important skills and confidence
  3. Presenting problems that require critical thinking before introducing techniques can enhance learning and creativity

Philosophy of Praxis

Black Lodges • 0 implied HN points • 07 Feb 24
📖 Philosophy Pedagogy
  1. History can be a powerful tool of transformation when taught differently.
  2. The linear approach to history often serves the interests of those in power.
  3. Exploring works like Paulo Freire's 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed' and Gramsci's concepts can provide insights for liberation.

Question to Self: Space at Berkeley for a Marx Half-Day Microconference in the Spring?

Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality • 0 implied HN points • 03 Dec 25
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Considering organizing a half-day Marx microconference at Berkeley in the spring to create space for focused discussion.
  2. The event would probe critical theory in the wake of the ‘Steampower Society’ era and how to read Marx’s Capital in the world students will inherit.
  3. A central question is whether Marx should serve as a core, organizing framework for sociological study or be treated as an outdated relic.

One AI Tutor Per Child

resonantbrain • 0 implied HN points • 04 Aug 23
🚌 Education Pedagogy
  1. Traditional education systems with passive learning methods may not be effective for all students.
  2. Active, exploratory learning experiences can be more beneficial for children than traditional methods like worksheets and textbooks.
  3. AI models have the potential to revolutionize education by providing personalized and interactive learning experiences, making learning more engaging and effective.