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I am not sure looking at others solutions is even self destructive. That’s how reading the manual, literature, open source programs work. If people didn’t look
by naveen99 8y ago
I am not sure looking at others solutions is even self destructive.
That’s how reading the manual, literature, open source programs work.
If people didn’t look at other people’s solution we wouldn’t get Einstein (if he didn’t build on Maxwell, etc)
- gmadsen 8y agowe are talking about basic assignments to further understanding of a well understood topic. Doing the assignment itself is critical to the educational experience of truly understanding that topic, reading a solution robs you of that
- choonway 8y agoI'm glad that we share the same understanding. By any chance do you have any teaching background? As for myself I had 8 years of industry experience, followed by 4 years of teaching, then back to industry.
- mav3rick 8y agoNot op but not only would it rob me of knowledge if I finished a course by looking at others' solutions but it also feels "dirty" to do it that way.
- gmadsen 8y agonever formally, but TAing in grad school and tutoring math/physics since high school has definitely given me a profound respect for teaching and helping others learn
- mav3rick 8y agoThat is a false analogy. This is in the structure of a class not some paper or industry. There is a reason the teacher doesn't want you to straight up look at solutions, maybe to generate a sense of intuition yourself. A lot of CS courses also have a project component where you get to use whatever resources to make something new.