Teaching base 2 for children

Question

This is not exactly a programming issue, but it is related.

I recently read a fascinating article about a teacher who explained how he taught basic 2 notation to first-class children, without even “teaching them”, but forcing them to detect both problems and solutions, asking relevant questions.

I can no longer find this article anywhere on the Internet - can anyone help?

Thanks.

Answer 1

He uses the method of Socrates, so the search gives "Teach, asking, not telling" by Rick Garlikov.

From the text:

The experiment was to find out if I can teach these students binary arithmetic [...]

But only you know if this is the article you were looking for.

Answer 2

One method from my social competence is research class: paradox intervention.

State that you can count to 1024 with only ten fingers. They will not believe you, but you can. Each finger represents one number. If your finger is missing, it is 1, otherwise it is 0. All ten fingers will represent 1023.

You can also try it using the method "Die Sendung mit der Maus" (German training TV). Marble run with buttons and lamp at each turn: All off: 0 If you throw marble, it falls into the first button and falls out of run. If you throw out the second, the button turns on again (lamp 1 off) and allows the marble roller to move on. The marble will hit the second switch (lamp 2 on) and will fall out of progress.

So, children can see how to count with base 2. This can help you