Learning economics
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@horace said in Learning economics:
@aqua-letifer said in Learning economics:
@horace said in Learning economics:
Standard issue virtue signal since I was a kid. A teacher claiming to learn more from the kids than they teach. I must have seen it made fun of by comedians 50 times.
Ever teach? It's a true phenomenon if you try to be good at it.
I’ve never taught beyond some tutoring in college. I’m sure there is truth to it. But often it sniffs of something that sounds good to say out loud.
I've found that one of the best ways to clarify and advance your understanding of a thing is to be tasked with teaching it to someone else. It works every single time, when both participants are actively engaged.
@aqua-letifer said in Learning economics:
've found that one of the best ways to clarify and advance your understanding of a thing is to be tasked with teaching it to someone else. It works every single time, when both participants are actively engaged.
Einstein said, if you can't explain a thing to a six-year-old, that means you do not understand it yourself.
Or something like that.
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@aqua-letifer said in Learning economics:
've found that one of the best ways to clarify and advance your understanding of a thing is to be tasked with teaching it to someone else. It works every single time, when both participants are actively engaged.
Einstein said, if you can't explain a thing to a six-year-old, that means you do not understand it yourself.
Or something like that.
I taught basic statistics to undergrads. At the time, it helped me as much or more than them. I also learned a lot about people with phobic responses to math. They'd get so anxious they'd shut down their ability to learn. Some people needed a visual understanding of what was going on. Some liked a cookbook approach. Another if you said, it is "5:45 pm" or "quarter of six" - had no understanding that these were equivalent - and here they were a college undergrad!
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I taught basic statistics to undergrads. At the time, it helped me as much or more than them. I also learned a lot about people with phobic responses to math. They'd get so anxious they'd shut down their ability to learn. Some people needed a visual understanding of what was going on. Some liked a cookbook approach. Another if you said, it is "5:45 pm" or "quarter of six" - had no understanding that these were equivalent - and here they were a college undergrad!
@kluurs actually it’s 17:45.
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A quarter of six is 1.5. It's a quarter to six.
