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Notes on Teach­ing in Prison

jsd19 Apr 2023 1:53 UTC
270 points
12 comments12 min readLW link

Ex­ams-Only Universities

Mati_Roy6 Nov 2022 22:05 UTC
79 points
40 comments2 min readLW link

Child­hoods of ex­cep­tional people

Henrik Karlsson6 Feb 2023 17:27 UTC
321 points
62 comments15 min readLW link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Ap­pren­tice­ship Online

Henrik Karlsson9 Oct 2021 13:50 UTC
51 points
20 comments11 min readLW link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Pop­u­lar ed­u­ca­tion in Swe­den: much more than you wanted to know

Henrik Karlsson17 May 2022 20:07 UTC
116 points
3 comments11 min readLW link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Study Guide

johnswentworth6 Nov 2021 1:23 UTC
277 points
48 comments16 min readLW link

Against Ac­tive Shooter Drills

Zvi16 Jun 2022 13:40 UTC
91 points
30 comments7 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

How to teach things well

Neel Nanda28 Aug 2020 16:44 UTC
105 points
16 comments15 min readLW link1 review
(www.neelnanda.io)

Notes from “Don’t Shoot the Dog”

juliawise2 Apr 2021 16:34 UTC
244 points
11 comments12 min readLW link1 review

Bring up Genius

Viliam8 Jun 2017 17:44 UTC
101 points
62 comments20 min readLW link

How my school gamed the stats

Srdjan Miletic20 Feb 2021 19:23 UTC
82 points
26 comments4 min readLW link

The True Face of the Enemy

Space L Clottey12 Jan 2021 10:03 UTC
30 points
77 comments10 min readLW link

De­bug­ging the student

Adam Zerner16 Dec 2020 7:07 UTC
46 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

The Sheep­skin Effect

Zvi5 May 2018 12:10 UTC
10 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Christo­pher Alexan­der’s ar­chi­tec­ture for learning

Henrik Karlsson24 Mar 2022 9:11 UTC
43 points
8 comments9 min readLW link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Ac­count­ing For Col­lege Costs

johnswentworth1 Apr 2022 17:28 UTC
357 points
41 comments7 min readLW link

AMA: I was un­schooled for most of my child­hood, then vol­un­tar­ily chose to leave to go to a large pub­lic high school.

iceplant7 Jan 2022 7:48 UTC
53 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

Mid­dle Child Phenomenon

PhilosophicalSoul15 Mar 2024 20:47 UTC
3 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

The Case Against Education

Zvi15 Apr 2018 12:30 UTC
77 points
44 comments7 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

In­ter­net Liter­acy Atrophy

Elizabeth26 Dec 2021 12:30 UTC
111 points
49 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

The Learn­ing System

Henrik Karlsson3 Dec 2021 19:08 UTC
18 points
12 comments10 min readLW link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Seven Years of Spaced Rep­e­ti­tion Soft­ware in the Classroom

tanagrabeast4 Mar 2021 2:42 UTC
264 points
38 comments34 min readLW link1 review

A Ra­tional Education

wedrifid23 Jun 2010 5:48 UTC
19 points
152 comments4 min readLW link

Separat­ing uni­ver­sity ed­u­ca­tion from grad­ing

Stefan_Schubert3 Jul 2014 17:23 UTC
17 points
60 comments2 min readLW link

Min­erva Pro­ject: the fu­ture of higher ed­u­ca­tion?

Natha10 Nov 2014 5:59 UTC
22 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Ed­u­ca­tion as En­ter­tain­ment and the Down­fall of LessWrong

SquirrelInHell4 Mar 2016 14:06 UTC
14 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

Ed­u­ca­tion via Cell Phone in Africa

[deleted]22 Dec 2012 17:47 UTC
12 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Seek­ing education

APMason17 Feb 2012 0:55 UTC
12 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Role-re­ver­sal ed­u­ca­tion for math and sci­ence stu­dents (pi­lot pro­ject)

EvelynM1 Jan 2012 0:09 UTC
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

I Want to Learn About Education

fiddlemath20 Jan 2011 3:46 UTC
12 points
41 comments1 min readLW link

There are 125 sheep and 5 dogs in a flock. How old is the shep­herd? /​ Math Education

James_Miller17 Oct 2016 0:12 UTC
10 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Re­mem­ber­ing school math fondly

[deleted]27 Nov 2016 18:00 UTC
5 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Re­think­ing Education

Adam Zerner15 Feb 2014 5:22 UTC
−1 points
88 comments5 min readLW link

The Fu­ture of Education

Michelle_Z14 Feb 2012 20:58 UTC
0 points
41 comments7 min readLW link

Choos­ing uni­ver­si­ties based on their ma­jor-spe­cific strengths for un­der­grad­u­ate education

VipulNaik5 Oct 2013 0:44 UTC
3 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ment­ing with ed­u­ca­tion [link]

Dr_Manhattan23 Feb 2011 13:21 UTC
3 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

DARPA Digi­tal Tu­tor: Four Months to To­tal Tech­ni­cal Ex­per­tise?

JohnBuridan6 Jul 2020 23:34 UTC
211 points
21 comments7 min readLW link

Teach­ers vs. Tutors

[deleted]26 Oct 2010 16:59 UTC
18 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Tu­tor­ing Small Groups of Chil­dren (for money)

bramflakes20 Feb 2013 11:51 UTC
11 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

A Year of Spaced Rep­e­ti­tion Soft­ware in the Classroom

tanagrabeast4 Jul 2015 22:30 UTC
175 points
26 comments13 min readLW link

A Se­cond Year of Spaced Rep­e­ti­tion Soft­ware in the Classroom

tanagrabeast1 May 2016 22:14 UTC
65 points
30 comments21 min readLW link

Ad­vanced Place­ment exam cut­offs and su­perfi­cial knowl­edge over deep knowledge

JonahS1 Sep 2013 21:01 UTC
12 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

Ca­reer prospects for physics majors

JonahS4 Apr 2014 3:02 UTC
20 points
32 comments5 min readLW link

Don’t de­pend on oth­ers to ask for explanations

Wei Dai18 Sep 2019 19:12 UTC
77 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

The Math Learn­ing Experiment

Qiaochu_Yuan21 Mar 2018 21:59 UTC
56 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

al­ign your la­tent spaces

bhauth24 Dec 2023 16:30 UTC
27 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(www.bhauth.com)

A Rant on Calcu­lus III

Wofsen25 Apr 2023 14:51 UTC
−5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Spaced rep­e­ti­tion for teach­ing two-year olds how to read (In­ter­view)

Chipmonk26 Nov 2023 16:52 UTC
45 points
9 comments5 min readLW link
(chipmonk.substack.com)

Book Re­view: How Learn­ing Works

whales19 Jan 2014 20:45 UTC
56 points
16 comments17 min readLW link

The Case Against Ed­u­ca­tion: Foundations

Zvi21 Apr 2018 14:30 UTC
28 points
6 comments10 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Effec­tive chil­dren education

kotrfa3 Jun 2020 20:35 UTC
49 points
31 comments2 min readLW link

Sto­ries About Education

Ben Pace4 Sep 2019 19:53 UTC
38 points
1 comment13 min readLW link

[Question] When should we ex­pect the ed­u­ca­tion bub­ble to pop? How can we short it?

jacobjacob9 Feb 2019 21:39 UTC
35 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Prob­lems in Education

ThinkOfTheChildren29 Apr 2013 21:00 UTC
49 points
7 comments12 min readLW link

In­ter­est­ing cri­tique of Bri­tish ed­u­ca­tion by out­go­ing ad­vi­sor (warn­ing: some poli­tics)

bramflakes12 Oct 2013 16:43 UTC
39 points
36 comments13 min readLW link

The Case Against Ed­u­ca­tion: Split­ting the Ed­u­ca­tion Premium Pie and Con­sid­er­ing IQ

Zvi29 Apr 2018 12:40 UTC
7 points
5 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Scien­tifi­cally op­ti­miz­ing ed­u­ca­tion: Hard prob­lem, or solved prob­lem? In­tro­duc­ing the The­ory of Direct Instruction

Owen_Richardson31 Aug 2011 5:28 UTC
22 points
61 comments18 min readLW link

What Direct In­struc­tion is

[deleted]4 Sep 2011 23:03 UTC
69 points
81 comments4 min readLW link

Re­view: Michel Thomas French (Direct In­struc­tion)

[deleted]22 Sep 2011 8:34 UTC
40 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

What is wrong with math­e­mat­ics ed­u­ca­tion?

Perplexed20 Mar 2011 2:40 UTC
24 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

A Gam­ifi­ca­tion Of Ed­u­ca­tion: a mod­est pro­posal based on the Univer­sal Dec­i­mal Clas­sifi­ca­tion and RPG skill trees

Ritalin7 Jul 2013 18:27 UTC
18 points
80 comments6 min readLW link

On­line ed­u­ca­tion and Conscientiousness

gwern24 Feb 2012 21:05 UTC
21 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Ed­u­ca­tion con­trol?

PhilGoetz17 May 2013 16:32 UTC
21 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

Is Ra­tion­al­ity Teach­able?

lukeprog1 Sep 2011 11:59 UTC
66 points
27 comments5 min readLW link

Was a PhD nec­es­sary to solve out­stand­ing math prob­lems?

DirectedEvolution10 Jul 2020 18:43 UTC
22 points
26 comments3 min readLW link

[Link] Offense 101

Alejandro124 Oct 2012 21:28 UTC
45 points
84 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity, Ped­a­gogy, and “Vibes”: Quick Thoughts

NicholasKross15 Jul 2023 2:09 UTC
14 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Numer­acy ne­glect—A per­sonal postmortem

vlad.proex27 Sep 2020 15:12 UTC
81 points
29 comments9 min readLW link

Paper Walk­through: Au­to­mated Cir­cuit Dis­cov­ery with Arthur Conmy

Neel Nanda29 Aug 2023 22:07 UTC
36 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.youtube.com)

Two More Things to Un­learn from School

Eliezer Yudkowsky12 Jul 2007 17:45 UTC
157 points
157 comments2 min readLW link

The ir­rele­vance of test scores is greatly exaggerated

dynomight15 Apr 2021 14:15 UTC
111 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(dynomight.net)

[Let­ter] Ad­vice for High School #1

lsusr20 Apr 2021 4:09 UTC
93 points
28 comments4 min readLW link

Fol­low-up to Ju­lia Wise on “Don’t Shoot The Dog”

Alex Flint1 May 2021 19:07 UTC
19 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Academia as Com­pany Hierarchy

Virgil Kurkjian9 May 2021 17:29 UTC
72 points
40 comments18 min readLW link

The home­work as­sign­ment in­cen­tives, and why it’s now so extreme

Andrew Vlahos22 Jun 2021 4:19 UTC
22 points
19 comments3 min readLW link

Grav­ity Turn

alkjash16 Aug 2021 19:20 UTC
217 points
21 comments5 min readLW link1 review
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

[ACX Linkpost] High­lights From The Com­ments On Miss­ing School

mike_hawke29 Aug 2021 8:01 UTC
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(astralcodexten.substack.com)

Think­ing About Col­lege Funding

jefftk9 Sep 2021 19:20 UTC
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Schools prob­a­bly do do something

Yair Halberstadt26 Sep 2021 7:21 UTC
25 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Self-ed­u­ca­tion best practices

Sean McAneny10 Nov 2021 17:12 UTC
12 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ed­u­ca­tion on My Homeworld

lsusr14 Nov 2021 10:16 UTC
37 points
19 comments5 min readLW link

Time un­til grad­u­a­tion as a proxy for pick­ing be­tween (Ger­man) universities

Morpheus24 Jan 2022 18:27 UTC
10 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Bryan Ca­plan meets Socrates

Sam Enright5 Feb 2022 12:24 UTC
93 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Can you help me find this book?

mukashi2 Mar 2022 10:19 UTC
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Fact post: pro­ject-based learning

dominicq2 Jun 2022 20:18 UTC
11 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Grand Theft Education

Zvi31 Aug 2022 11:50 UTC
66 points
18 comments20 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

First we shape our so­cial graph; then it shapes us

Henrik Karlsson7 Sep 2022 15:50 UTC
52 points
6 comments8 min readLW link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Weekly Non-Covid News #1 (10/​13/​22)

Zvi13 Oct 2022 15:40 UTC
52 points
16 comments16 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Is school good or bad?

tailcalled3 Dec 2022 13:14 UTC
10 points
76 comments1 min readLW link

Why and How to Grad­u­ate Early [U.S.]

Tego29 Jan 2023 1:28 UTC
29 points
5 comments8 min readLW link

Rus­sell Con­ju­ga­tions list & vot­ing thread

Daniel Kokotajlo20 Feb 2023 6:39 UTC
22 points
62 comments1 min readLW link

Grad­ing on Word Count

niederman15 Mar 2023 19:17 UTC
13 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(maxniederman.com)

You are bet­ter at math (and al­ign­ment) than you think

trevor13 Oct 2022 3:07 UTC
48 points
7 comments22 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

men­tal num­ber lines

bhauth19 Jul 2023 21:01 UTC
10 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Prob­lems with pre­dic­tive his­tory classes

dkl920 Jul 2023 23:28 UTC
15 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­pert trap – Ways out (Part 3 of 3)

Paweł Sysiak22 Jul 2023 13:06 UTC
4 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

The Blue School

Voltairina16 Apr 2012 18:15 UTC
31 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Bo­gus Exam Questions

Donald Hobson28 Mar 2020 12:56 UTC
18 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

De­liber­ate Grad School

Academian4 Oct 2015 10:11 UTC
37 points
155 comments3 min readLW link

{Math} A times ta­bles mem­ory.

aaq1 Dec 2019 15:40 UTC
19 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

The An­cient God Who Rules High School

lifelonglearner5 Apr 2017 18:55 UTC
13 points
113 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Re­quest for ad­vice: high school transferring

argella421 Mar 2016 22:27 UTC
12 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Reflec­tions on a year of college

unoptimal25 May 2022 16:26 UTC
35 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

Should stu­dents be al­lowed to give good teach­ers a bonus?

DirectedEvolution2 Nov 2020 0:19 UTC
25 points
28 comments2 min readLW link

Can we teach Ra­tion­al­ity at the Univer­sity of Red­dit?

Lightwave20 Aug 2012 21:59 UTC
32 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Hu­man cap­i­tal or sig­nal­ing? No, it’s about do­ing the Right Thing and ac­quiring karma

VipulNaik20 Apr 2014 21:04 UTC
35 points
16 comments8 min readLW link

[Link] Why the kids don’t know no algebra

GLaDOS4 Jul 2012 10:29 UTC
30 points
165 comments4 min readLW link

Help Re­form A Philos­o­phy Curriculum

JonathanLivengood8 Dec 2012 22:45 UTC
38 points
24 comments5 min readLW link

khan Academy—Ra­tion­al­ity se­ries?

Goobahman12 Dec 2011 1:54 UTC
23 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Link: Writ­ing ex­er­cise closes the gen­der gap in uni­ver­sity-level physics

Vladimir_Golovin27 Nov 2010 16:28 UTC
27 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Be­ing a teacher

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) 14 Mar 2011 20:03 UTC
80 points
155 comments3 min readLW link

Bayesian examination

Lê Nguyên Hoang9 Dec 2019 19:50 UTC
86 points
56 comments5 min readLW link

Prob­lems in Education

ThinkOfTheChildren8 Apr 2013 21:29 UTC
92 points
321 comments1 min readLW link

Some­thing Was Wrong

Zvi5 Aug 2017 14:48 UTC
10 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

What makes teach­ing math special

Viliam17 Dec 2023 14:15 UTC
38 points
27 comments11 min readLW link

Com­men­tary On “The Abo­li­tion of Man”

Vaniver15 Jul 2019 18:56 UTC
64 points
13 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Good brain­teasers for chil­dren?

ejacob2 Mar 2021 6:44 UTC
12 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Cog­nito Men­tor­ing: An ad­vis­ing ser­vice for in­tel­lec­tu­ally cu­ri­ous students

JonahS31 Dec 2013 22:03 UTC
84 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Ask­ing ques­tions to fulfill expectations

erkenbrand19 Mar 2021 2:27 UTC
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Some things I’ve learned in college

Aaron Bergman25 Mar 2021 21:30 UTC
22 points
1 comment7 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Ap­proval Ex­trac­tion Ad­ver­tised as Production

Benquo15 Dec 2019 14:51 UTC
82 points
39 comments19 min readLW link3 reviews
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

[Question] Should Ad­vanced Place­ment High School classes dis­cuss Is­rael-Pales­tine? If so, how? If not, why? Who should make this de­ci­sion?

Gesild Muka15 Nov 2023 4:50 UTC
−2 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Unforgivable

Novalis25 Jun 2022 20:57 UTC
−9 points
12 comments5 min readLW link
(novalis.blog)

Cul­ti­vat­ing And De­stroy­ing Agency

hath30 Jun 2022 3:59 UTC
97 points
11 comments9 min readLW link

Most Ivy-smart stu­dents aren’t at Ivy-tier schools

Aaron Bergman7 Aug 2022 3:18 UTC
82 points
7 comments8 min readLW link
(www.aaronbergman.net)

[Question] If in­di­vi­d­ual perfor­mance is Pareto dis­tributed, how should we re­form ed­u­ca­tion?

yhoiseth24 May 2021 12:22 UTC
25 points
26 comments2 min readLW link

Will peo­ple be mo­ti­vated to learn difficult dis­ci­plines and skills with­out eco­nomic in­cen­tive?

Roman Leventov20 Mar 2023 9:26 UTC
18 points
33 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Ed­u­cat­ing peo­ple about ra­tio­nal­ity: where are we?

plurple8 Mar 2023 1:59 UTC
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Ed­u­ca­tion not meant for mass-consumption

Tolo24 Oct 2022 19:45 UTC
7 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

From Manch­ester to Beirut: The power of ed­u­ca­tion to change lives

gareth26 Sep 2021 11:40 UTC
3 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(medium.com)

[Question] Should I Pur­sue a PhD?

DragonGod6 Nov 2022 10:58 UTC
8 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

(Book Re­view) The Ge­netic Lot­tery: Why DNA Mat­ters for So­cial Equality

Xylitol7 Oct 2021 22:21 UTC
25 points
11 comments17 min readLW link

Book Re­view: The End of Average

Vanilla_cabs14 Oct 2021 1:49 UTC
17 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

The World Ac­cord­ing to Do­minic Cummings

Chris_Leong14 Apr 2020 5:05 UTC
69 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

Epistemic Viciousness

Eliezer Yudkowsky13 Mar 2009 23:33 UTC
103 points
93 comments3 min readLW link

Rais­ing chil­dren on the eve of AI

juliawise15 Feb 2024 21:28 UTC
142 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

AI Gover­nance Fun­da­men­tals—Cur­ricu­lum and Application

Mau30 Nov 2021 2:19 UTC
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Cal­ibrate your self-assessments

Scott Alexander9 Oct 2011 23:26 UTC
98 points
122 comments6 min readLW link

For and Against Lot­ter­ies in Elite Univer­sity Admissions

Sam Enright12 Dec 2021 13:41 UTC
10 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Bounds of Attention

squidious5 Apr 2018 22:53 UTC
26 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Ed­u­ca­tion 2.0 — A brand new ed­u­ca­tion system

aryan15 Jul 2020 10:09 UTC
−8 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

School Daze

Zvi14 Jan 2022 13:50 UTC
50 points
6 comments17 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Does ChatGPT’s perfor­mance war­rant work­ing on a tu­tor for chil­dren? [It’s time to take it to the lab.]

Bill Benzon19 Dec 2022 15:12 UTC
13 points
5 comments4 min readLW link
(new-savanna.blogspot.com)

Pro­lifer­at­ing Education

Haris Rashid20 Dec 2022 19:22 UTC
−1 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(www.harisrab.com)

Books Wor­thy of Integration

Roven Skyfal20 Feb 2022 8:03 UTC
13 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Harms and pos­si­bil­ities of schooling

TsviBT22 Feb 2022 7:48 UTC
119 points
38 comments12 min readLW link1 review

What is a School?

Zvi13 Mar 2020 22:00 UTC
51 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Teach­ing Ladders

alkjash24 Jan 2018 19:01 UTC
28 points
9 comments4 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Read­ing Papers in Undergrad

ryan_b9 Nov 2017 19:24 UTC
17 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Teach­ing the Unteachable

Eliezer Yudkowsky3 Mar 2009 23:14 UTC
56 points
18 comments6 min readLW link

Draw­ing Less Wrong: An Introduction

Raemon13 Nov 2011 22:39 UTC
45 points
38 comments3 min readLW link

Child­hood Roundup #1

Zvi6 Jan 2023 13:00 UTC
83 points
27 comments8 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Les­son To Unlearn

Ben Pace8 Dec 2019 0:50 UTC
37 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(paulgraham.com)

Know of any ran­domised tri­als teach­ing de­bi­as­ing in schools? Want to help re­view them, or would that re­view help your work?

MNoetel20 Mar 2022 4:52 UTC
29 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

The Case for Education

SamuelKnoche14 Aug 2020 17:20 UTC
24 points
6 comments10 min readLW link

The Best Ed­u­ca­tional In­sti­tu­tion in the World

SamuelKnoche14 Aug 2020 17:18 UTC
39 points
12 comments9 min readLW link

Room and Board for Peo­ple Self-Learn­ing ML or Do­ing In­de­pen­dent ML Research

SamuelKnoche14 Aug 2020 17:19 UTC
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Tu­tor-GPT & Ped­a­gog­i­cal Reasoning

courtlandleer5 Jun 2023 17:53 UTC
26 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Please Press “Record”

johnswentworth11 Mar 2020 23:56 UTC
49 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Stan­ford In­tro to AI course to be taught for free online

Psy-Kosh30 Jul 2011 16:22 UTC
38 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­pert trap: What is it? (Part 1 of 3) – how hind­sight, hi­er­ar­chy, and con­fir­ma­tion bi­ases break con­duc­tivity and ac­cu­racy of knowledge

Paweł Sysiak9 Jun 2023 23:00 UTC
6 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] im­pli­ca­tions of NN de­sign for education

bhauth4 Jun 2023 20:50 UTC
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­pert trap: Why is it hap­pen­ing? (Part 2 of 3) – how hind­sight, hi­er­ar­chy, and con­fir­ma­tion bi­ases break con­duc­tivity and ac­cu­racy of knowledge

Paweł Sysiak9 Jun 2023 23:00 UTC
3 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Liv­ing By Your Own Strength

Eliezer Yudkowsky22 Dec 2008 0:37 UTC
42 points
32 comments5 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Games & Apps Brainstorming

lukeprog9 Jul 2012 3:04 UTC
42 points
59 comments2 min readLW link

Valuable eco­nomics knowl­edge available, iron­i­cally, for free

Stuart_Armstrong18 Jul 2013 11:30 UTC
38 points
37 comments6 min readLW link

Prac­ti­cal debiasing

crazy8820 Nov 2011 9:45 UTC
40 points
13 comments5 min readLW link

How AI Will Change Education

robotelvis28 Feb 2024 5:30 UTC
6 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(messyprogress.substack.com)

To Learn Crit­i­cal Think­ing, Study Crit­i­cal Thinking

gwern7 Jul 2012 23:50 UTC
40 points
16 comments11 min readLW link

How to Teach Stu­dents to Not Guess the Teacher’s Pass­word?

Petruchio4 Jan 2013 15:18 UTC
35 points
96 comments1 min readLW link

Ran­dom ad­vice: Teenage U.S. LW-ers should prob­a­bly be tak­ing more AP exams

HonoreDB7 Apr 2011 4:37 UTC
34 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

Preschool­ers learn­ing to guess the teacher’s pass­word [link]

Unnamed18 Mar 2011 4:13 UTC
34 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Guess­ing the Teacher’s Password

Eliezer Yudkowsky22 Aug 2007 3:40 UTC
263 points
98 comments4 min readLW link

Ex­plicit Ex­pec­ta­tions when Teaching

Hazard4 Feb 2018 14:12 UTC
22 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tive his­tory classes

dkl917 Jul 2023 20:48 UTC
67 points
17 comments2 min readLW link
(dkl9.net)

Am I go­ing in­sane or is the qual­ity of ed­u­ca­tion at top uni­ver­si­ties shock­ingly low?

ChrisRumanov20 Nov 2023 3:53 UTC
26 points
30 comments2 min readLW link
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