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Does anyone know of a book, channel, or subreddit which is focused on critiquing the explanations in videos and blogs like this and talking about the art of exp
by afarrell 10y ago
Does anyone know of a book, channel, or subreddit which is focused on critiquing the explanations in videos and blogs like this and talking about the art of explaining technical concepts?
- posterboy 10y agoI don't think that would be straight forward, because of competing ideas.
- afarrell 10y agoHence why I suspect it would make more sense as a subreddit or other forum, where you have people debating what does or does not make a good explanation. I guess it would be kinda like literary analysis, but with a much clearer practical point.
- posterboy 10y agofor children or adults, general or math specific, school/university/doctorate context or just plain how to make things understood? Because the latter is basically just what mathematics should be, see http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=mathematic http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=mathematic
- allemagne 10y agoThis isn't directly what you're asking for, but the book "How To Solve It" by George Polya is a great tour of how to be a teacher of mathematical concepts and how to "simulate" that teacher in your mind if you're encountering a problem no one else has. https://www.amazon.com/How-Solve-Mathematical-Princeton-Science/dp/069116407X/ref=dp_ob_title_bk https://www.amazon.com/How-Solve-Mathematical-Princeton-Scie...