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user: JustinSkycak
created: 2024-01-19
karma: 1329

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Chief Quant, Director of Analytics at MathAcademy.com. Instead of optimizing return in the stock market, I optimize learning efficiency in students' brains.

submissions:

The Silent Killer of Math Ability – and the Cure
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The Physics of Learning (and Why Almost No One Uses It)
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Why Can't College Students Do Middle School Math?
2 points | 1 comments
The Field of Education Is Due for a Copernican Revolution
5 points | 0 comments
How to Get a Full Time Software Job During College
2 points | 0 comments
Role of Parent-Oriented Motivation in Parent Involvement and Child Achievement
3 points | 0 comments
You Can Effectively Turn Long-Term Memory into an Extension of Working Memory
4 points | 0 comments
Pay, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation, Performance, and Creativity in Work (2014)
20 points | 2 comments
The Magic You're Looking for Is in the Full-Assed Effort You're Avoiding
3 points | 0 comments
The Influence of the Family in the Development of Talent in Sport (1999)
2 points | 0 comments
At some point doing the hard thing is easier than making the hard thing easier
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Environmental Factors That Enhance or Impede Talent Development [pdf]
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Math Learning Shouldn't Be Left to Luck
1 points | 0 comments
What a Coach Can Teach a Teacher: The Wizard of Westwood's Teaching Practices
1 points | 0 comments
If You're Asking Someone to Be Your Mentor Then You're Doing It Wrong
1 points | 0 comments
The Need to Grind Concrete Examples Before Jumping Up a Level of Abstraction
186 points | 72 comments
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Decay theory of immediate memory: From Brown (1958) to today (2014) [pdf]
1 points | 0 comments
Fast, Correct Answers Do Matter in Mathematics
11 points | 2 comments
Interleaving Helps Students Distinguish Among Similar Concepts [pdf]
2 points | 1 comments
What's working in working memory training?
4 points | 0 comments
The "Progress Equals Pressure" Formula
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The Effects of Spacing and Mixing Practice Problems
1 points | 0 comments
Role of Deliberate Practice in the Development of Creativity (2014)
190 points | 67 comments
Spaced repetition is more than memorization – it's also generalization
34 points | 6 comments
Illusions of Competence in Monitoring One's Knowledge During Study [pdf] (2005)
50 points | 3 comments
The Trick to Future-Proof Your Coding Career Against AI
3 points | 1 comments
The Effect of Improved Automaticity on Low-Achieving Students [pdf]
1 points | 0 comments