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I've been struggling with this a lot lately. I'm in a Masters program. I'm struggling. After a lot of reflection, it's due largely to the way the class is taugh
by virmundi 10y ago
I've been struggling with this a lot lately. I'm in a Masters program. I'm struggling. After a lot of reflection, it's due largely to the way the class is taught. I need lots of examples over the field. Don't throw a wall of math at me. Show me how to do Thing1, then Thing2, and then Thing3. I'll induce a process.
So while it's not the types of learning offered in the article, I think there is style around inductive learning and deductive learning. I think the math folk are deductive learners, and teach that way. People like more, more on the art side of software design spectrum, are inductive learners. The two don't mix.
So neuroscientists reading this post, please to to the NSF for grant money about this. We might get more masters level or PhD's if a) there is such a distinction and b) we can adjust programs appropriately.
- adamnemecek 10y ago> I'm struggling. After a lot of reflection, it's due largely to the way the class is taught. I need lots of examples over the field. Don't throw a wall of math at me. Vast majority of people are this way. The current educational system is fundamentally flawed and works fundamentally differently.
- k__ 10y agoHm, true. In school, when the material was basic, I listened to the explanations of the teachers, did a few examples and got my B or C. In my bachelor lectures I failed most exams on the first try, because the tutors were fast as hell. They did all school math in the first week and kept that pace to the end of the semester. I switched my learning style from going to lectures to reading stuff at home at my own pace, which worked much better. In my master I didn't even bother with lectures at all, I just started a remote degree program, where they sent me all the material so I could learn myself at home.