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Andy Matuschak
@andy_matuschak
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
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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: klr.tumblr.com/post/172084427 h/t @farrarscott
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Andy Matuschak
@andy_matuschak
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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