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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 2:40 AM UTC

ziml77 wrote: post #24

tmpz22 wrote: post #23

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As a student I've been researching the use of AI for various tasks and have come to the initial conclusion that AI improves quantity but not quality such that a student is almost always better off spending an extra 30-60 minutes producing materials themselves. A lot of tasks like note taking are essential to knowledge retention such that even supplementing notes with AI generated summaries creates clear tradeoffs tha…

Notetaking in handwriting seems to be especially powerful for retention. Even when I had the option to type my notes in college, I kept on hand writing them (despite wishing since like middle school that I could type notes since extended writing with a pen cramps my hand).

Post by QuarterReptile » Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 9:50 PM UTC

tmpz22 wrote: post #23

QuarterReptile wrote: post #13

I played with this a while after uploading one pdf chapter from the textbook I teach out of. The chapter covers text segment and stack dissection of simple C programs, as in rudimentary reverse engineering. I was happy with many of the flash cards, but I struggle with the idea of encouraging my students to try it because I got 2 or 3 bad cards in the span of about 5 minutes. One tried to ask about an analogy in the t…

As a student I've been researching the use of AI for various tasks and have come to the initial conclusion that AI improves quantity but not quality such that a student is almost always better off spending an extra 30-60 minutes producing materials themselves. A lot of tasks like note taking are essential to knowledge retention such that even supplementing notes with AI generated summaries creates clear tradeoffs tha…