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Andy Matuschak

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Nick's first post to our blog! I'm still pondering the motivating observation from

@farrarscott

: it's subtly quite odd when a problem set or teacher asks a student to "explain XYZ" …explain to whom?! The grader? That's not what's really meant—what happens if we say what we mean?

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nick barr

@nsbarr

· Mar 23, 2018

A good explanation happens between someone who knows and someone who wants to know. How do educators create the conditions for good explanations? I wonder about this over here: http://klr.tumblr.com/post/172084427238/explain-to-who… h/t @farrarscott

10:12 PM · Mar 24, 2018·Twitter Web Client

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Andy Matuschak

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Mar 24, 2018

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This past week we noticed that this inauthentic, non-sequitur-ish request feels *totally* different if it's phrased like a challenge for the student's benefit, e.g. "Reinforce what you've learned today by trying to explain it to me as if I were your little brother."

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