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by _hardwaregeek 2853 days ago
It's also such a good book for mentoring and teaching. It's really important to internalize the difference between giving someone the answer and giving someone the tools to find the answer.
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Yes. And the book goes even deeper, discussing the "how" of giving tools - how to give them while preserving interest, sense of achievement, and maximizing the amount of discovery the student is doing themselves.