167: Clarity of Thought with Ted M. Young

01:20 - Ted’s Superpower: Translating things for people to understand better.

02:49 - Coding on a Live Stream

Curiosity is Useful and Dangerous

Comparing Coding to Puzzles

07:13 - Research is a Drug

Finding Answers is Gratifying

Current Reading Infects Daily Thought

Anders Ericsson

10:45 - Connecting the Academic Idea of Expertise to Everyday Context

Worked Examples

Memory Limits

Gaining a Solid Foundation for Training Purposes

The Path of Decision-making

16:50 - Code Reviews

Learning About Decisions Made Along the Way

Pair Programming and Mob Programming

Externalizing Your Thinking

Curse of Knowledge

19:41 - Recording Yourself Coding/Learning Something New

Gaining Empathy

Improving Documentation and Communication

21:56 - Live Streaming as an Introvert

What Other People Get Out of It

Seeing People Struggle and Being Able to Help

We All Get Lost

Building Community

Being Comfortable Showing Frustration

29:41 - The Difference Between Training and Live Coding

Suz Hinton

Accountability in Live Coding

Privilege

35:35 - Applying Research to TDD Teaching Technique

James Shore

The Thinking Part and the Predictive Aspect

It’s Not About the Test Failing, It’s About Validating Your Mental Model

Retrieval Practice

Formative and Summative Assessments

Spaced Repetition

AnkiApp

The Purpose of Patterns

48:27 - Human Learning

Stop Teaching People What They Know and Find Out What They Don’t Know

Reflections:

Jamey: ‘Predictions’ in TDD - Having more succinct language for things in your head strengthens understanding.

Artemis: The concept of strengthening and muscle. If we can work deliberately on strengthening these muscles then in the moments of our everyday work we can improve the quality of our day to day decisions.

Ted: An aspect of expertise is you start connecting more things. We have to find a place for the ‘why.’

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