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Dan Meyer
Personal blog · danmeyer.substack.commathai
Dan Meyer writes Mathworlds, a personal blog at danmeyer.substack.com about math and ai. Since 2023, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “In EdTech, you either bet on teachers or you have to build one”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-21, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
Dan Meyer's Substack on maths education and edtech, including the Mathworlds pedagogy writing and critiques of AI maths tutoring. HN commenters cite it on classroom tools, student collaboration and chatbots.
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Building better worlds for learning math.
Most-linked posts?
- In EdTech, you either bet on teachers or you have to build one2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-01-29
What Hacker News says?
Desmos also produces curriculum for K-12 (Desmos Classroom) that takes advantage of the computer’s ability to give real-time feedback for student answers beyond just giving them a binary correct/incorrect. It shows them what their wrong answers really would mean in the little animated scenario. Good stuff! https://danmeyer.substack.com/p/the-only-question-you-need-t...
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on “Desmos Animated Graphing Calculator”Submitted Unbound Academy hasn’t replaced teachers with AI as a story · 50 points
HN discussionYes, the studies tend to exclude the kids who aren't using the tools "enough," which can end up being 95% of the students! [0] On the other hand, I know there are people who enjoy math but struggle to pay attention and learn from a "sit quietly and listen" lecture-based model. (My husband is in this camp.) I can see how the back-and-forth conversational approach of these AI tutors could be really helpful for student…
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on “Making AI better at math tutoring”Submitted In EdTech, you either bet on teachers or you have to build one as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe author does not take this flaw as seriously as he should. From https://danmeyer.substack.com/p/chatbots-have-a-math-problem... : > Students do not believe that their classmates are liabilities. Much more often students like their classmates and do not feel limited by them and would rather learn with them if the option were available.
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on “The Misunderstanding About Education That Cost Mark Zuckerberg $100M”Submitted Khanmigo Doesn't Love Kids as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAmplify (neé Desmos) builds great tools and manipulatives that are great for classroom use and curious play. Read more of the pedagogy behind these tools on Mathworlds. https://danmeyer.substack.com/
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on “Polypad”Submitted Two Big Studies on AI in Education Just Dropped as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Five differences between human and AI tutors as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Misunderstanding About Education That Cost Mark Zuckerberg $100M as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI Chatbots Will Help Students Learn Nothing Faster Than Ever as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Does Alpha School Work for Regular Kids? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted In Edtech, You Either Bet on Teachers or You Have to Build One as a story · 1 points
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