Hacker News with Generative AI: Teaching

My Approach to Teaching Electronics (lcamtuf.substack.com)
On occasion, I quip about the way we teach electronics to hobbyists. We start with hydraulic analogies that compare electricity to water running through pipes. I think it’s a pretty bad teaching tool, but don’t close the tab just yet: today’s article isn’t going to be about the dubious scholarly credentials of Mario Bros.

Electronics, Education, Teaching

9 points by robinhouston 7 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: How to Consult Part-Time as a Community College Instructor (ycombinator.com)
Hello. Back in the fall I made a career change from being an AI researcher working in industry to becoming a tenure-track computer science instructor at a community college.

Career Advice, Education, Teaching, Community College

6 points by linguae 90 days ago | 3 comments

A teacher who made mistakes on purpose (nik.art)
He was worried about losing them. He could write equations on the blackboard all day long, but if he didn’t find a way to connect with them soon, they’d never master multiplication up to 100. One day, once again concerned about reaching his third-graders, he was lost in thought and wrote “3 x 4 = 16” on the green-tinted slate.

Education, Teaching, Elementary School

92 points by herbertl 208 days ago | 62 comments

How to Compose Math Problems (andreinc.net)
When I was a young student (around 12), my math teacher came-up with an unique requirement for his students to not only solve math problems but also to compose them.