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.
New on JustinMath.com - Prerequisite Knowledge is Intellectual Capital; Recall Before Rereading; Self-Discovery Is an Effortful Process
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Hey! You're receiving this email because you requested to be notified about new posts at JustinMath.com. 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 that gap and she came out with an A.
Self-Discovery Is an Effortful Process
~200 words • Self-discovery doesn't feel pleasant every step of the way -- that's the point. You discover what you're good at and love by working hard at various challenges until the signal emerges from the noise. There is no shortcut.
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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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