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[–] ftp@feddit.uk 89 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Mathematicians frequently use phrases like It’s obvious or It’s easy to see, which can be profoundly discouraging for a student who does not immediately find a concept simple. In math, grappling with extremely difficult problems is part of the learning process. “A challenging experience,” Ardila told me, “can easily become an alienating one.” It’s especially important to make sure that students are not discouraged during early challenges—what’s hard to see now may become easier in time. He struck this typically demoralizing math language from his teaching.

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2021/09/bias-math-sexism-racism/620207/

[–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is something I've been thinking about recently, I'll see something that is way too complex for me, and think "well this person is just smarter I could never do that." After 3 months of doing simpler stuff, it now seems challenging but doable, and I even see flaws in the way they did it. Just doing something for long enough, even pretty complex things become second nature.

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