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Searching for the numinous. Co-purveyor of https://quantum.country/ 

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    1. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 4 Apr 2018
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      David Hestenes on the value of lectures: "no evidence that students who attend lectures learn more than those who don’t" http://bioliteracy.colorado.edu/Readings/WhoNeedsPER.pdf … (Accords with my n=1 experience: the value was in time spent stuck, time spent solving problem, reading, and talking with others.)pic.twitter.com/GILz4LfoJI

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    3. Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak 4 Apr 2018
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      The subsequent paragraph is also great! "We should be mindful of intellectual casualties among students who lack the skills to match the inspiration they get from lectures… [One star Caltech student] was so devastated by [Feynman's freshman lectures] that he dropped out"

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    4. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 4 Apr 2018
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      Curious: have you used any of the various concept inventories?

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    5. Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak 4 Apr 2018
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      Unfortunately, the well-studied inventories are in subjects that haven't intersected my explorations yet. I think they're interesting, though I'm worried they may *overestimate* student understanding due to the multiple choice modality (sobering given poor medians…).

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      michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 4 Apr 2018
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      The FCI is the only one I've looked much at. But something really bothers me about it. I'm not yet sure what.

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        2. Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak 4 Apr 2018
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          Perhaps some piece of it relates to Alan's concerns about misattributing students' inability to explain how seasons work? http://worrydream.com/refs/Kay%20-%20Powerful%20Ideas%20Need%20Love%20Too.html …

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        3. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 4 Apr 2018
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          I actually sorta disagree with Alan there. It's _not_ usually feasible (or desirable) to connect all relevant facts, check for consistency, etc. We satisfice for good reasons. Really committed scientists just satisfice at a different point (& often not in all areas).

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