And once I can reliably hit the farther target, I take another step back and repeat the process. Once I’ve established that I can hit the target reliably, I take a step back and try to hit the target, which is now a little further away. I practice, but I don’t just stand at the throwing line and try to hit the target. How can we avoid this? Let’s get back to throwing axes.
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Those last ten problems will be increasingly riddled with simple errors.Īnd now for the really bad news: what they’ve practiced in those last ten problems, and what they’ll most likely remember from the assignment, is how to solve the problem incorrectly. So they start to make mistakes, not because they don’t know what they’re doing, but because they’re not paying attention. And the third set of five they’re in the groove.Īt that point, boredom kicks in, because they realize they’re doing the same thing, over and over again.
But by the second five, they’ve started to figure things out. Say I give a student 25 linear equations to solve.
This works up to a point, but sooner or later runs into a fundamental problem: human beings are intelligent, and intelligent beings get bored doing the same thing over and over again. And it’s something we always tell our students: You won’t get good unless you practice, so here’s 25 problems to practice on. I got good because…wait for it…I practiced. It’s why people say “I’m just bad at throwing axes,” and when you try to teach them, they’ll say “When am I ever going to use this?” (and they’re not convinced when you say “Suppose there’s a zombie apocalypse and you need to throw an axe…”). The answer should be obvious: Some people are born with “axe arms.” They instinctively know how to throw axes. Now you might wonder what this has to do with math.
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