Articles Tagged with learning

Objectives of teaching

Published on January 28, 2020January 26, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

High and low

We find challenges at each end of teaching.

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Mathematics and craftsmanship

Published on December 24, 2019December 23, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Unexpected moments

Students can learn things we don’t think we’re teaching.

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The synthesis project

Published on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Ways of being intelligent

We present an idea that won’t work.

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How did you do that?

Published on October 29, 2019October 27, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Doing and teaching

Watching yourself think takes effort and attention.

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How much memory?

Published on October 8, 2019October 6, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Knowing vs. looking it up

Memorization is not the same as learning.  Still, it has its uses.

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Searching for a word

Published on September 24, 2019September 20, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

At the source

There are many things we should already have read.  Sometimes we get around to reading them.

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Winding an armature

Published on September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Too much information

We encounter an example of a very modern problem.

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Coding

Published on September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

An unforgiving art

It’s hard to face a compiler with confidence.

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Making assumptions

Published on August 20, 2019August 18, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

What’s reasonable?

We have to start somewhere.  Sometimes the exact place isn’t important.

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Solving the problem

Published on August 13, 2019August 12, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Standardized tests (again)

When does learning become rote?

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