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Nov 12, 2024
Start out with a volume of work that’s small enough that you don’t dread doing it again the next day.
Nov 11, 2024
And the problem with many existing times tables practice systems.
Nov 11, 2024
Myth 1: Understanding amounts to something other than memory. Myth 2: Sudents can perform high-level skills without mastering low-level component skills.
Nov 10, 2024
1) Learn SQL and how to use a debugger. 2) Never come up emptyhanded, even if you don’t fix the bug.
Nov 9, 2024
Nov 8, 2024
Coding tutorials typically just say “import this function then run it,” and the math tutorials typically just say “this is the form of the model, you can fit it using the usual techniques” and leave it to the reader to figure out the rest.
Nov 7, 2024
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Nov 5, 2024
You can be the most committed and capable workhorse on the planet, but if you’re on the wrong team, the only thing you’ll change is your team’s allocation of work.
Nov 4, 2024
Nov 4, 2024
If you can scaffold the content so well that it creates a smooth, efficient learning experience for knucklehead kids, it’s going to feel even smoother for more conscientious adults.
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Nov 1, 2024
Specific areas of friction that cause students to struggle with math. What needs to be done to remove friction from the learning process. Why friction remains so prevalent.
Nov 1, 2024
Oct 31, 2024
At the end of the day, whether or not they know math comes down to whether or not they can apply techniques within that well-defined body of knowledge to solve problems within that well-defined body of knowledge.
Oct 31, 2024
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Enter grades early on, and (if pre-college) email parents early on.
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Oct 29, 2024
… an infinitely tall ladder where the rungs get spaced further and further apart the higher you climb.
Oct 29, 2024
If you go directly to the most abstract ideas then you’re basically like a kid who reads a book of famous quotes about life and thinks they understand everything about life by way of those quotes.
Oct 29, 2024
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Oct 28, 2024
Failure only moves you towards success to the extent that you learn from it. Learning from failure means not making the same mistake over and over again.
Oct 28, 2024
One main focus, one semi-focus, and everything else a hobby with whatever time you have left over.
Oct 28, 2024
… is reducing friction in the learning process.
Oct 28, 2024
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Oct 25, 2024
It can help to zoom out and look at your progress on a longer timescale.
Oct 25, 2024
Tear down the unproductive habit and build up a counter-habit whose gravity eventually becomes strong enough to completely overtake the original habit.
Oct 25, 2024
1) Difficulty grappling with complexity when it grows so big that you can’t fit everything in your head. 2) Lack of understanding or willingness to accept practical constraints of the problem and incorporate them into the solution. 3) Getting distracted by low-ROI features/details. 4) Being unwilling to do “tedious” work.
Oct 24, 2024
Depending on your goals, either A) methods of proof, or B) linear algebra followed by probability & statistics.
Oct 23, 2024
What you want is a continual cycle of strain and adaptation.
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Oct 19, 2024
Oct 19, 2024
It’s really just “loading” the info into temporary storage – like picking up a weight off the rack, whereas learning is increasing your ability to lift said weight.
Oct 19, 2024
It’s helpful to loosely understand what something means before memorizing it, but this does not have to be a rigorous derivation.
Oct 19, 2024
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