Ask HN: How do you learn by doing?

Re:Ask HN: How do you learn by doing? by Johnny_Brahms on Sunday November 27, 2016 @03:45PM (#13051420)

My son, a classical musician, got a lot better at maths by solving (and understanding) the first 400 project euler problems over 2 years.

I just pointed him to the relevant passages in my old text books, and he more or less did it himself. I helped him with one of the harder ones he had been banging his head against, but that was more of a language problem than not understanding.

I am pretty darn impressed.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you learn by doing? by andrei_says_ on Sunday November 27, 2016 @06:17PM (#13052226)

Why did he take that project on? What was his motivation?

It is my firm belief that intrinsic motivation (curiosity, interest and enthusiasm) is the only truly sustainable approach.

Could you elaborate?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you learn by doing? by Johnny_Brahms on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @07:28AM (#13070140)

He was on trial in an orchestra 1.5h away and needed something to do. I had just finished my last problem from the most recent batch and he got curious. He's the only one in the family that isn't a maths person,not because he wasn't but because his life brought him elsewhere. Now he had the time and was bored out of his mind.

He had just started programming (scheme, as his old man:) ) and wanted something to do.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you learn by doing? by andrei_says_ on Monday December 05, 2016 @04:27PM (#13109803)

Sounds great. Another proof that stereotypes and sound bites are simply prolefeed.

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