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by Joel_Mckay 656 days ago
Passively cramming information will not retain a lesson more than 3 months. Additionally, only 1/17 students have the discipline to succeed with self-directed studies.

I remain skeptical the current well-formatted LLM nonsense will help students, and have concerns it may cause hindrance with long-term information recall.

We shall soon see I guess... Best of luck, =3
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sayonidroy 656 days ago
I totally agree that passive learning is not useful. So Edmigo uses a hands-on learning approach where students solve problems on their own alongside an AI guide
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blharr 656 days ago
Curious where you found the 1/17 statistic?
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Joel_Mckay 656 days ago
It is an internal metric from a College that offers kids GED/remedial-high-school-level math prep classes for remote students. There are various reasons a student may be unable to physically attend classes, and remote 1-on-1 instruction is not in the budgets. The rate for curriculum completion is a very low 1:17 for self-directed study.

The learning outcomes for students are often terrible for this path, but perhaps good if you charge for the tutorial service I guess. Attrition rates are not something institutions proudly promote in public.

YC seems to down-vote anything that deals with a data-driven reality. lol =3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYh7smM6YpM

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sayonidroy 656 days ago
Interesting points. but not very student can afford or has access to group studies or human tutors right?
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Joel_Mckay 656 days ago
In my country it is the law, that the state must educate you to at least high-school level free of charge. Regardless of the challenges one may face along the way (protects those who are autistic, blind, deaf, poor, paralyzed, or incarcerated etc.)

In introductory and undergraduate academics, the departments will usually offer unstructured TA lab hours for those who seek additional help understanding material. However, the reality is "A" level students do not require good teachers, as their grades are usually not correlated with instructor proficiency (often due to a 3 year head start from out-of-band after-school tutoring services prior to the conclusion of grade school.)

The danger from LLM contaminating long-term memory recall from an erroneous primacy effect is a concern.

Have a nice day, =3

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