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Let's teach for mastery -- not test scores | Sal Khan

TED · talk · Watch on YouTube

Education & learning

What it is

Sal Khan of Khan Academy argues that schools push students forward with gaps in their foundations, and that students should instead master concepts at their own pace. He compares it to building a house on an unfinished foundation.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters cite it when discussing how gaps in basic knowledge pile up and how mastery learning could fix that.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “I liked Sal Khan's TED lecture [0]”

    Argues anyone could become a researcher, as literacy once seemed elite-only.

    icc97, 2017-01 · Recommendation · in “When You Are Depressed, Make Something”

  2. “Here is a TED talk where Sal Khan of Khan Academy talks about this”

    Explains how schools advance students with gaps in foundational knowledge.

    JesseAldridge, 2018-08 · Recommendation · in “Learning Math for Machine Learning”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: education, khan academy, self-paced learning, teaching, ted talk

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