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Nice illustrations but that article makes the same mistake that a lot of posts of that type often falls to, namely, assuming the reader has a similar background as the author:

> We all know that the slope of a linear equation/function has a constant value

Er... no. We don't "all" know that.

Actually, I'd say that 99.99% of the population of the planet has no idea what that means.



Even the examples provided are kind of Math-heavy (for example, jumping right into the notation of the limit of x^5/25) - enough that a novice would probably feel overwhelmed.

I find that people who are very familiar with a subject usually have a difficult time explaining it without slipping into jargon that will lose the listener.


Is there a word for this effect in education? Where the teacher forgets the context of the learner?


"The curse of Knowledge"



Assuming a learner of calculus has already learned basic algebra?


Expert blindness.


You're right. But not for this statement.

At most, he could have written "The slope of a linear equation or "line" is constant. This is a known fact."




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