Post B6Kq2MxRkPaZlUPLiC by robryk@social.wuatek.is
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(DIR) Post #B6KozvHTZxG1OR2v9E by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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Cursed exam idea: everyone gets the same problem, first to submit a correct answer gets a passing grade.Everyone else gets another problem.The exam will continue until everyone passes.
(DIR) Post #B6KpFVCEKR2d7u1N5M by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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As written this probably wouldn't work but it's inspired by the military / sport training practice of doing a group run across a field or something.The first one to the other side gets to take a shower. Everyone else does it again.The idea isn't to punish the worse performers, it's to give more practice/exercise to those who are underperforming until everyone is able to meet the standard eventually.
(DIR) Post #B6KpQ3JyJ9pTrIfmwy by kbm0@mastodon.social
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@azonenberg It's a bit binary. What if you solve the problem but don't show enough working?Miss out a constant of integration and you have to start again with a new problem.
(DIR) Post #B6KpS0bBOuUbziek4m by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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@kbm0 it's very much a thought experiment not a serious suggestion
(DIR) Post #B6KpTIlvJocQeCIRvM by leah@blahaj.social
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@azonenberg the winning strategy is to ignore the exercises until you think you are the smartest in the room...
(DIR) Post #B6Kq2MxRkPaZlUPLiC by robryk@social.wuatek.is
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@azonenberg It feels like something that, if applied with no leeway, would be likely to create injuries. Am I misestimating, or is some amount of judgement/leeway (e.g. deciding how early to stop) essential to making it work well?On a different tack, do you know of anything similar for endurance training?
(DIR) Post #B6Kq2N856s60ITNqHw by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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@robryk yeah a good trainer will recognize when someone is at the breaking point and pull them before they get hurt, or set a max number of reps. you're not trying to kill the team you want to build them up
(DIR) Post #B6KqDe4iRjjm2SBWaW by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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@robryk and there's a fine balance to be struck between friendly competition but also maintaining team spirit. You don't want everyone hating the fast guy who got to do less work.So knowing when the team is mentally up for this kind of drill also matters
(DIR) Post #B6KqRFw2ziIFDycWFk by multioculate@mastodon.social
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@azonenberg my college calculus class did something similar with a ten-question, somewhat tightly timed, open notes "integration quiz". You'd take it repeatedly (different problems each time, of course) with no penalty, and the professor strongly recommended repeating it until you got at least 90%. It was a self-scheduled "office hours" quiz, so there wasn't as much social pressure as doing it as a single big group, and I think it worked well.
(DIR) Post #B6KqUPH2jJxB3YwXYG by robryk@social.wuatek.is
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@azonenberg (I wasn't necessarily thinking about acute issues, but rather about things that can develop over regular instances of that. I do expect a good trainer to deal with those too.)
(DIR) Post #B6KqUPS24SkBbe5JgG by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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@robryk of course.On that note i need to get a better endurance hiking/training regimen going I'm getting out of shape.Need to figure out something i can do on my own that simulates hiking all day with a heavy pack followed by carrying a person in a litter to safety, but that doesn't literally require a full day of training each time
(DIR) Post #B6Kw6GM2q7gkAW9Z68 by mokomull@macaw.social
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@azonenberg "Mastery-based learning"?
(DIR) Post #B6KzK9f0pBZ3K9LCk4 by AMS@infosec.exchange
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@azonenberg My Semiconductors class in undergrad had a 5min quiz in the discussion section each week. If you got the quiz problems right you didn't need to do homework for the week (got the 100% for the homework grade).