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Why learners should be teachers

May 21, 2020
Jared Wells
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Teaching is a fantastic way to verify learning I learned more math working here at Wells Academics in my senior year of college than I learned in my years earning a Mathematics degree at UCSD. Why? Because there is no better test of how well you understand something than having to teach it to someone else. I remember when I started here at Wells Academics, Jared asked me what levels of math I was comfortable with. “All levels” of course! Read more

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