HACKER Q&A
📣 amichail

Can high school math be motivated by writing code to train and use LLMs?


Might this approach better motivate high school students to learn math and computer science?


  👤 sandwichsphinx Accepted Answer ✓
One of the most effective motivators I’ve seen is combining math and computer science with game development. Language models on their own can be a bit dry, but if you integrate them as agents in a game world alongside math-based challenges, it could be really engaging. I remember Raspberry Pi’s Educational Minecraft; using a setup like that, where you train characters to have their own personalities, could be an exciting way to teach both

👤 bell-cot
How interested are the students in writing code and LLMs?

How good a match is that sort of math for the required-syllabus & standardized test math that they'll be expected to know?

What's your budget for computers & software that can do the code & LLM stuff?


👤 talldayo
High school math is barely motivated by practical exercises. If you made it fully abstract nobody would learn anything from the class.