https://katsnelson.org/categories/education/Recent content in Education on Sasha KatsnelsonHugoen-usThu, 16 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://katsnelson.org/blog/knowledge-net/Thu, 16 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://katsnelson.org/blog/knowledge-net/<p>I find that when I’m trying to remember things I automatically add patterns as a mnemonic overlay. E.g., when I’m trying to remember a phone number I will frequently attach a pattern I noticed in the digits (e.g., it’s mostly the primes in a row or it’s 3 digits followed by their product). Arbitrary/random data (like phone numbers) are some of the hardest things to remember, but for vocabulary, historical events, and even facts about people I’m socializing with - usually there are lots more patterns to choose from.</p>https://katsnelson.org/blog/seeing-theory/Thu, 16 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://katsnelson.org/blog/seeing-theory/<p>Understanding Probability and Statistics is core to being an active and effective member of society. Many concepts are counter-intuitive and don’t really click until we’ve heard a few different explanations, proofs, or visualizations. <a href="http://students.brown.edu/seeing-theory/">Seeing Theory</a> offers some readily available and free visualizations of a fundamental concepts.</p> <p>It’s not terribly useful as a standalone lesson, but if you’re already studying probability and statistics it’ll offer another angle for poking at these ideas that your professor may have a hard time articulating on a chalkboard.</p>