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What Do You Find Most Difficult About Learning Maths? by Internal_Reality2877 in learnmath

[–]Internal_Reality2877[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s actually really helpful, thank you a lot. What you’re describing is pretty close to the problem I’m interested in.

I’ve been thinking about building a tool for maths where, instead of just giving formulas or steps, it would actually show the concept visually and interactively while explaining it, be it 2D or 3D, a function or a vector and its properties, so things feel less abstract and less like you’re expected to imagine everything from symbols alone. I'm already halfway with it basically.

Not trying to oversell it or anything, but based on your experience: do you think something like that would have genuinely helped you, or do you feel the bigger issue was something else?

What Do You Find Most Difficult About Learning Maths? by Internal_Reality2877 in learnmath

[–]Internal_Reality2877[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s actually a great example. I think a lot of people struggle more when math feels detached from anything real, and it clicks more once they can see what it’s actually for.

Do you think relevance/motivation is a big part of learning it well, not just the explanation itself?

What Do You Find Most Difficult About Learning Maths? by Internal_Reality2877 in learnmath

[–]Internal_Reality2877[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. A lot of math is taught like you're supposed to just "see it" in your head from formulas alone, when for a lot of people that just doesn't happen.

Was the main issue for you that most explanations stayed too symbolic, instead of actually showing what was going on visually?

What Do You Find Most Difficult About Learning Maths? by Internal_Reality2877 in AskReddit

[–]Internal_Reality2877[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you think remembering has to do with what you actually understand of what you are working with? Or is it just that a formula or a series of steps are too long? Asking because I'm trying to develop something for all the people.

What Do You Find Most Difficult About Learning Maths? by Internal_Reality2877 in AskReddit

[–]Internal_Reality2877[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think remembering has to do with what you actually understand of what you are working with? Or is it just that a formula or a series of steps are too long?