Thinking Of A Math App That Records Answers For Parents To Reward Their Children

Gizmo j

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(I said this in my other thread but I thought I'll make a dedicated thread for this idea)


First I was thinking that parents should buy their kids a math book and cut the answers out with scissors to review right answers and pay the kids for every right answer.

But then I realized it would be time consuming for parents to review every answer , so now I'm thinking of an app that generates random math equations and keeps a record of all your right answers so the kid could just send the answers to their parents and the parents can pay them accordingly.

One thing that occurred to me is that if the questions are multiple choice questions the kid could just spam random answers and still get paid and not try to get the answers right. So I'm going to try to make it were you have to enter in the answer instead of pressing a choice for answers.

I think the only problem that would occur is if the child uses ChatGPT to answer the problems, but you could just ask the child not to use ChatGPT, or have them record their screen with a program like OBS Studio. But even if they do use ChatGPT, I think the kid would still learn something because ChatGPT walks you through how to solve the problems.


Who do you think would be better at math? A child that spends hours a day, every day, using ChatGPT to answer math questions, or a child that doesn't do any math problems at all?


I was thinking I'll call the app "Math Monitoring".
 
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Red Squirrel

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Make a proxy server and force the kid's traffic through it. The proxy server prompts for a math problem at certain intervals like 15 minutes. It will only proceed to load the page once you solve it, so you can't even use ChatGPT since your internet won't work until you solve it. There is also a donate button where if the problem is too hard they can pay a dollar to skip the problem. Sell this product to schools. The money it collects from people skipping problems goes to the lunch program.
 

sdifox

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By now you need an app to keep track of all the things you think you are going to make/code/build
 
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biostud

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I've worked teaching math to teenagers for more than ten years and now I have my own kids starting in school.

What I do is: Give them board games, dices, coins and playing cards etc. nothing that requires phones or tablets.

My theory is that from an early age you simply have to avoid "bribing" the child's brain with instant gratifications and rewards.
 

nakedfrog

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I think a child that spends hours every day using ChatGPT to answer math problems is just going to end up with a different set of issues than one that doesn't do any math problems.
 
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Gizmo j

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If your kid is a gamer I would recommend having them watch math videos while they play, like I'm doing below.


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nakedfrog

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This idea is also bad, maybe the kid can do math and then get games as a treat.
 

Gizmo j

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This idea is also bad, maybe the kid can do math and then get games as a treat.

I've been getting better at math doing this, it's not like having them watch math videos while they game could have any negative consequences.

Only good will come from this.
 

nakedfrog

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I've been getting better at math doing this, it's not like having them watch math videos while they game could have any negative consequences.

Only good will come from this.
I'm not in favor of contributing to the epidemic of people that can't do any activity without their phone also doing something.
 
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biostud

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Basically the trend is to get kids away from screens and especially phones as much as possible. At least where I live. :)
 
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I am sorry Gizmo, but what you are talking about is called Homework. I personally sat with my kids at the table for many hours while they did their homework. Of course that was many years ago because they are 32 and 30 now.
 

Gizmo j

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Both of these books are about $20 on eBay and I'm on the verge of buying one of them and was wondering which one I should choose, they're about "NDK" which lets you make playstore apps in c++.




 

lxskllr

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Not like you give a fuck what anyone says. This is just a dumping ground of stupid ideas, but you're expected to know programming before you get either book. But sure, get another cheap ass helmet and some more knee pads. Money isn't gonna spend itself...
 

nakedfrog

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Both of these books are about $20 on eBay and I'm on the verge of buying one of them and was wondering which one I should choose, they're about "NDK" which lets you make playstore apps in c++.




It would be better to have already written a C++ app for a PC before you worry about making mobile apps.
 
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Make a proxy server and force the kid's traffic through it. The proxy server prompts for a math problem at certain intervals like 15 minutes. It will only proceed to load the page once you solve it, so you can't even use ChatGPT since your internet won't work until you solve it. There is also a donate button where if the problem is too hard they can pay a dollar to skip the problem. Sell this product to schools. The money it collects from people skipping problems goes to the lunch program.

STEM kids be like

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Gizmo j

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Do note that both books are over a decade old. So, many of the details will have changed. Although the general concepts should be similar.

Why not just go straight to free more-up-to-date information online: https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides

I can't find a book about NDK that was made recently.

Im leaning towards the book below due to it being strictly about c++, the other one is about both c and c++.


 

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A couple times I tried punishing my daughter by restricting computer usage. I'd lock it down, or leave her with only Elinks as a browser, and stuff like that. I deliberately left holes that could be worked around if she put in any effort. It was a disappointment. She didn't even try. It was just "I guess there's no computer now", and simply didn't care :^(
 
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Gizmo j

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A couple times I tried punishing my daughter by restricting computer usage. I'd lock it down, or leave her with only Elinks as a browser, and stuff like that. I deliberately left holes that could be worked around if she put in any effort. It was a disappointment. She didn't even try. It was just "I guess there's no computer now", and simply didn't care :^(

Would you download my app for your daughter?
 

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