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For many practical applications, slow learners do just as well as fast ones, once they’re up to speed. Math teaching is mostly playing hide-the-ball, which te
by w10-1 2y ago
For many practical applications, slow learners do just as well as fast ones, once they’re up to speed.
Math teaching is mostly playing hide-the-ball, which teachers justify by saying people learn more deeply when they figure it out for themselves. But really that just shifts the burden of backfilling prerequisites to the student.
- Jensson 2y ago> But really that just shifts the burden of backfilling prerequisites to the student. Not if the students were taught that way from the start, learn for yourself at every step and you are never behind.
- whiterknight 2y agoAre you suggesting that you don’t learn as much when you figure our the puzzle as oppose to being told the answer?
- Viliam1234 2y agoThis really depends on getting the details right. If you choose the right kind of problem that the children can figure out on their own -- it helps a lot. The will remember it better, and they will also feel better about their own skill at math. But if you incorrectly estimate the difficulty of the problem... and instead of noticing your mistake and fixing it, you just wait for a miracle to happen -- the kids will only waste time and get frustrated. The problem is teachers who believe they can do this trick, but fail to notice that they are doing it wrong, and then they blame the kids.