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Justin Skycak

Chief Quant, Director of Analytics at Math Academy. Posts about learning, upskilling, math education, Math Academy, and more generally, stages 2-3 of Bloom's talent development process in hierarchical skill domains.

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New on JustinMath.com - ​You cannot be creative at a high level unless you are robotic at a low level.

Hey! You're receiving this email because you requested to be notified about new posts at JustinMath.com.(If you've changed your mind, click here to unsubscribe, please avoid marking spam.) Here are the 3 top posts from the past week: __________ #1 You cannot be creative at a high level unless you are robotic at a low level. People love to talk about creativity as if it floats above skill, but creativity needs raw material. It needs patterns, facts, examples, rules, exceptions, and procedures...

Hey! You're receiving this email because you requested to be notified about new posts at JustinMath.com.(If you've changed your mind, click here to unsubscribe, please avoid marking spam.) Here are 3 new posts: “Aha” Moments Indicate Missing Prerequisites~300 words • In an efficient curriculum, learning feels obvious -- not surprising. The "aha" is what relief from unnecessary confusion feels like. The Cure for Procrastination~150 words • The cure for procrastination is often just a tiny...

Hey! You're receiving this email because you requested to be notified about new posts at JustinMath.com.(If you've changed your mind, click here to unsubscribe, please avoid marking spam.) Here are 3 new posts: Prerequisite Knowledge is Intellectual Capital~150 words • It's easy to feel untalented when you're really just missing prerequisite skills. A Real Analysis student who thought she might fail her class had simply never gotten much practice with proof-writing -- a few sessions filling...

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Hey! You're receiving this email because you requested to be notified about new posts at JustinMath.com.(If you've changed your mind, click here to unsubscribe, please avoid marking spam.) Here are 3 new posts: The Math Academy Prequel: Jason Roberts’s Origin Story~750 words • What do Jeff Dean, Travis Kalanick, and a 6'7", 350lb mountain man who collaborated with John Conway have in common? They're part of Jason Roberts's origin story, shared for the first time. When I took DiffEq in...

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