Teaching Apple Cyberdog 1.0 new tricks (featuring OpenDoc) by classichasclass

In the distant nethermists of time, documents once briefly ruled the earth (or at least Mac OS), and to that end I managed to find a verrry interesting book recently, complete with an unopened CD-ROM. But seriously, though: what was Apple thinking with that name? It’s not this cyberdog (image credit). Not that cyberdog, though

ByHackTechOctober 15, 20230Comments

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We must not give up on teaching French by paulpauper

I hated French at school. The subject I dreaded more than any other, it was the only one I really tried hard to revise for at GCSE level, because I just couldn’t accept that I was so bad at it. I ended up with a C — a glorious future in the Foreign Office cut

ByHackTechJune 30, 20230Comments

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Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong by bcaulfield

Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong There’s an idea about how children learn to read that’s held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to…

ByHackTechDecember 16, 20220Comments

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What Do We Know About Teaching Kids Math? by fortran77

Earlier this week, I wrote about the history of progressive math education, the culture wars it has inspired over the past hundred years, and the controversy over the California Math Framework. Today, I want to start with a much broader question: What do we really know about how to teach math to children?The answer is…

ByHackTechNovember 19, 20220Comments

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Ask HN: C++ or Pseudocode for teaching high schoolers by rootsofallevil

My sister is a substitute teacher, not in the US, who has to teach a learn to program class and apparently the options are either C++ or pseudocode.What would you choose and why?

ByHackTechApril 3, 20220Comments

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Teaching has always been hard, but it’s never been like this by CapitalistCartr

As the omicron wave spikes across the United States, K-12 education is one of many systems buckling under the weight of expanding needs. Recent headlines highlight staff and busing shortages, parental anxieties about both in-person and distance schooling and disputes between unions and districts. Yet teachers’ experiences in their classrooms can be overlooked in these…

ByHackTechJanuary 26, 20220Comments

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