Why Teach the "Why"?

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Describes concrete exercises and outcomes: students build a one-bit adder from truth tables through logic gates, scale it to a byte adder, and retain the material over a year with minimal revision; lesson prep uses Wikipedia research and simple graphs to explain sample rate for audio; classroom results report five of seven A-star on the Cambridge exam (average 112.8) with one failure noted; claims less revision time, higher engagement, and reproducible low-cost classroom activities.

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1. 0:00Teaching the why
2. 1:07Disconnected curriculum struggles
3. 3:31Defining learning context
4. 6:02Building a computer grade nine
5. 11:07Sample rate in sound files
6. 15:54Uncovering lesson context
7. 19:08Controversial topics like NFTs
8. 21:56Approach caveats
9. 22:39Cambridge exam results

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