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noisy_boy on April 10, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: How University Students Use Claude

I don't think the pain of losing points is a good learning incentive, powerful sure but not effective.

You would learn more if you tell Claude to not give outright answers but generate more problems where you are weak for you to solve. That reduction in errors as you go along will be the positive reinforcement that will work long term.

neves on April 10, 2025 [–]

I don't know. I remember much more my failures than my successes. There are errors in important tests that I remember for life the correct answer.

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