LLMs for Education

Hide hard words

The short answer here is the very mundane°hard word we don't need software, we need humans.

The various°hard word tasks along the lines of explain how to do this math problem are solved°hard word problems. There are multiple°hard word apps that try to do this. We don't need more.

The problems of students°hard word don't want to learn are more pressing.

💡 or, "students°hard word can't learn". if you put two equally-motivated°hard word students°hard word in the same classroom°hard word for 10 hours, they will likely learn different amounts. why? there are no simple answers.

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perhaps the useful°hard word task is the grunt-work°hard word. "Generate a worksheet°hard word with 30 multiplication°hard word problems. These should be suitable°hard word for a 4th°hard word grader°hard word who struggles°hard word with mathematics. Try to have consecutive°hard word problems emphasize°hard word a theme°hard word (such as commutativity°hard word) without relying°hard word on terms like commutative°hard word."

There aren't that many tasks. And but having a binder°hard word full of them is probably an improvement°hard word over the status°hard word quo°hard word.

💡 there is a divide°hard word between building a tool and using an existing tool. explaining that divide°hard word (and, where necessary, shifting°hard word it) is the goal°hard word.