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 - What Happens When Middle School is Put to Good Use; Why Pre-Learn Your College Math Classes; It's Incredible How Poor Math Instruction Can Be; Waging War on Mediocrity
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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: What Happens When Middle School is Put to Good Use
~3100 words • Typical honors students can learn all of high school math plus calculus *in middle school* if they are taught efficiently. They don't have to be geniuses, don't even have to spend more time on school. Just need to use time efficiently. Few people understand this, as well as the kinds of opportunities that get unlocked when a student learns advanced math ahead of time. The road doesn't end at calculus, that's just an early milestone, table stakes for the core university math that empowers students to do awesome projects.
Why Pre-Learn Your College Math Classes?
~350 words • If you pre-learn the material beforehand, you're immune to even the worst teaching, and you can simultaneously kick off a virtuous cycle.
And a new podcast:
What we covered:
-- How bureaucracies instinctively reject new ideas like an immune system attacking a foreign organ, and what it takes to keep your project from being "spit out." Concrete example: how Jason & Sandy muscled past institutional resistance to get 8th graders passing AP Calc BC. -- Every system inevitably decays into mediocrity unless someone fights to keep the standards high. The way you keep people, systems, and projects moving is by "horsing" them forward. Concrete example: how Justin kept 8th graders passing AP Calc BC, and what it looks like when a school succumbs to the gravity of mediocrity. -- Justin's math self-study journey in high school: grinding math like a video game, running a secret self-study op inside traditional classes, taking talent development seriously while simultaneously hitting his head on every ledge and making every rookie mistake. Ups and downs, lessons learned, with tons of concrete examples. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro: Willing Things Into Existence 00:11:43 - How Jason & Sandy Willed Math Academy Into Existence 00:36:45 - Fighting The Gravity of Mediocrity 01:02:29 - Case Studies in Educational Dysfunction 01:21:53 - The Birth of Justin’s Self-Study Madness 01:50:48 - Self-Studying on the Sly During School 02:02:41 - The Highs & Lows of High School Research 02:22:38 - Outro: Paving the Path with Math Academy Best, |
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.
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.) I recently started a podcast with Jason Roberts, called The Math Academy Podcast. We have two episodes out so far! It's on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts, and transcripts are available here. Here are our first 2 episodes: Teach Like Your Life Depends On It - Math Academy Podcast #22025 Nov, ~2.75h...
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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 recent posts: What’s the Point of Being Way Ahead? It Buys You Time.2025 Sep, ~550 words • Time is the #1 killer of dreams and aspirations. When someone gives up on their dream, or gives up on figuring out what that dream is, it's typically a result of them losing the race against time. That...