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Better learning with shape-shifting objects

17 points by WalterSobchak 6y ago

iandanforth 6y ago
If you like this you may also be interested in the general instructional paradigm of "Errorless Learning" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errorless_learning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errorless_learning
ada1981 6y ago
You can already raise or lower Your hoop. And young can also use a smaller ball. But this is cool as a concept.
- theemathas 6y ago
  The video in the link says that an automatically adjusted hoop has better results than a manually adjusted hoop.
  - ada1981 6y ago
    Cool!
yunusabd 6y ago
Reminds me of this startup that makes deformed football (soccer) balls for training [1]. In [1] the founder calls it "differentiated training", but that doesn't seem to be an established term in English. There's a wikipedia article on "differentiated instruction" [2], but that seems to be specific to a school context. I only really found information on it in German, e.g. [3]. [1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/qa-mario-sinnhofer-on-rethinking-the-soccer-ball/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/qa-mario-sinnhofer-on-rethinki... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentiated_instruction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentiated_instruction [3] https://soccerkinetics.de/differenzielles-lernen-fussball/ https://soccerkinetics.de/differenzielles-lernen-fussball/
quirkot 6y ago
This article loses a lot of impact by focusing on an all-or-nothing task like shooting a basketball. Why would you practice shooting at a wrong size/wrong height basket at all? There are no points for near miss and you make enough shots in a game that it's a statics game anyway
- jagged-chisel 6y ago
  > Why would you practice shooting at a wrong size/wrong height basket at all? Honing one's targeting ability. If you become accustomed to making shots in a smaller hoop, hitting the larger hoop becomes somewhat easier. I've seen similar in batting practice with softball players: lots of practice with baseballs, then the larger softball is easier to track and hit.
  - quirkot 6y ago
    That makes sense to me, to hone already developed skills. I was reading this thinking it was targeted at novices
nbardy 6y ago
I thought this was going to be about machine learning. It would be really useful for generalizing Ml models as well

17 points by WalterSobchak 6y ago

If you like this you may also be interested in the general instructional paradigm of "Errorless Learning" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errorless_learning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errorless_learning

ada1981 6y ago

You can already raise or lower Your hoop. And young can also use a smaller ball. But this is cool as a concept.

theemathas 6y ago
The video in the link says that an automatically adjusted hoop has better results than a manually adjusted hoop.
- ada1981 6y ago
  Cool!

yunusabd 6y ago

Reminds me of this startup that makes deformed football (soccer) balls for training [1]. In [1] the founder calls it "differentiated training", but that doesn't seem to be an established term in English. There's a wikipedia article on "differentiated instruction" [2], but that seems to be specific to a school context. I only really found information on it in German, e.g. [3]. [1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/qa-mario-sinnhofer-on-rethinking-the-soccer-ball/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/qa-mario-sinnhofer-on-rethinki... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentiated_instruction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentiated_instruction [3] https://soccerkinetics.de/differenzielles-lernen-fussball/ https://soccerkinetics.de/differenzielles-lernen-fussball/

quirkot 6y ago

This article loses a lot of impact by focusing on an all-or-nothing task like shooting a basketball. Why would you practice shooting at a wrong size/wrong height basket at all? There are no points for near miss and you make enough shots in a game that it's a statics game anyway

jagged-chisel 6y ago
> Why would you practice shooting at a wrong size/wrong height basket at all? Honing one's targeting ability. If you become accustomed to making shots in a smaller hoop, hitting the larger hoop becomes somewhat easier. I've seen similar in batting practice with softball players: lots of practice with baseballs, then the larger softball is easier to track and hit.
- quirkot 6y ago
  That makes sense to me, to hone already developed skills. I was reading this thinking it was targeted at novices

nbardy 6y ago

I thought this was going to be about machine learning. It would be really useful for generalizing Ml models as well