This is the difference between teaching information and designing for understanding. When the environment carries part of the load, you’re not lowering the bar, you’re removing unnecessary friction. The moment the concept becomes visible, the math stops being guesswork.
This is how you teach estimation as a judgment skill, not just a formula. Thank you for sharing. I also have a personal question I wanted to ask. I left it inbox. When you have time, you can check it out.
This is awesome. I can see how useful it would be for everyday tasks too like creating a garden bed and working out how much soil versus compost it needs.
As a neurospicy lifelong learner I love this! I have found that I work best when I can use my hands and body, not just my eyes and brain. Your post also reminds me of growing up with a stepfather who was a contractor, and one day when we were finishing a basement, putting up Sheetrock, he was trimming the edges and made a bit of a messy cut, and grumbled “well that’s going to piss off the taper.” I asked “who’s the taper?” And he replied “I am.” 🤣 Even after years of practice he was still a perfectionist about everything.
This is the difference between teaching information and designing for understanding. When the environment carries part of the load, you’re not lowering the bar, you’re removing unnecessary friction. The moment the concept becomes visible, the math stops being guesswork.
This is how you teach estimation as a judgment skill, not just a formula. Thank you for sharing. I also have a personal question I wanted to ask. I left it inbox. When you have time, you can check it out.
This is awesome. I can see how useful it would be for everyday tasks too like creating a garden bed and working out how much soil versus compost it needs.
You sound like an amazing teacher. They will thank you later on in life for teaching them to think through experience vice ingesting/regurgitating.
This would definitely help the maths 'land' for me. You sound like an amazing teacher
As a neurospicy lifelong learner I love this! I have found that I work best when I can use my hands and body, not just my eyes and brain. Your post also reminds me of growing up with a stepfather who was a contractor, and one day when we were finishing a basement, putting up Sheetrock, he was trimming the edges and made a bit of a messy cut, and grumbled “well that’s going to piss off the taper.” I asked “who’s the taper?” And he replied “I am.” 🤣 Even after years of practice he was still a perfectionist about everything.
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