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In my experience as a teacher, most students don't learn it either way until they have to use the skill to do something else. That's why we joke: calculus is a
by j2kun 10y ago
In my experience as a teacher, most students don't learn it either way until they have to use the skill to do something else. That's why we joke: calculus is a class where you finally learn algebra, differential equations is a class where you learn to integrate, etc.
- snarf21 10y agoThere is big difference between understanding something, knowing something and application of that knowledge. It is easy to sit in class and follow along and feel like you get it. Much harder to explain it to the class from scratch. "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." -Einstein
- minxomat 10y ago> The quote "An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid." is popularly attributed to Lord Rutherford of Nelson in as stated in Einstein, the Man and His Achievement By G. J. Whitrow, Dover Press 1973. Einstein is unlikely to have said it since his theory of relativity was very abstract and based on sophisticated mathematics.[1] Also, see the next answer for a more direct source. The list of misattribution is entertaining, too.[2] [1] - http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/a/22409 http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/a/22409 [2] - https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Misattributed https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Misattributed