The Super Mario Effect - Tricking Your Brain into Learning More | Mark Rober | TEDxPenn
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- When 50,000 of Mark Rober's 3 million UA-cam subscribers participated in a basic coding challenge, the data all pointed to what Rober has dubbed the Super Mario Effect. The UA-cam star and former NASA engineer describes how this data-backed mindset for life gamification has stuck with him along his journey, and how it impacts the ways he helps (or tricks) his viewers into learning science, engineering, and design. Mark Rober has made a career out of engineering, entertainment, and education. After completing degrees in mechanical engineering from Brigham Young University and the University of Southern California, Rober joined NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2004. In his nine years as a NASA engineer, seven of which were on the Mars rover Curiosity team, Rober worked on both the Descent Stage (the jet pack that lowered the Rover to the surface) and some hardware on the Rover top deck for collecting samples. In 2011, Rober’s iPad-based Halloween costume helped launch both his creative costume company, Digital Dudz, and his UA-cam channel, which now boasts 3 million subscribers and 400 million views. His videos focus on creative ideas and science- and engineering-based pranks and activities. Rober is a regular guest on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!". Today, he does research and development work for a large technology company in Northern California, where he lives with his wife and son. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Just imagine if we didn't have grades in school and they taught us to learn from our mistakes instead
Right
Lol you still have to know where you stand
@@patrickananas1999 Like in the example in the video. Programming the car to drive the track. One group was told that they lost points, but both groups were told that they got it wrong and invited to try again. Maybe you could give points for beating the puzzle, no matter how many tries it takes. Or just leave out the points completely.
@@brendawalton2518 you mean like in university?
@@patrickananas1999 Yes there needs to be some sort of evaluation but letter grades themselves are useless. They just tell the student "oh you didn't do well" or "oh you're good." And they have such a negative connotation in our society that I think they should be gotten rid of entirely and replaced with a system that actually uses the exams to determine what curriculum each student receives. Not just stopping learning a subject after they got a C or D and moving on to another, actually using that information and allowing them to work on it in the future
His nephews might have trust issues but let’s be honest, everyone wants this guy as their uncle.
at the very least his nephews have more inspiration than having an uncle that watches the TV all day with a beer in his hand.
These kids are growing up knowing you can actually build stuff like that if you want.
Exactly
technically u dont have to be a millionaire to build stuff, theres like millions of stuff that u can build for fun and learning in d process thru the internet, but 1 main thing that u really need is time
@@xXSoulDitzXx Money = Time, Time = Money
Hola best comment
"That's not a bug, that's a feature" video game industry approved
Some bugs in video games were more entertaining than the how the video game was intended lol.
Basically what Todd Howard said about all of Skyrim
The spaceships in space invador were planned to move in a constant speed, but because the game lagged because of all the spaceships he needed to caculate, whenever you progress in the game it becomes a little harder.
iPhone 6 +: bends
Samsung : That’s a feature
BLJ ==> SM64
I remember watching a documentary about video games. Video game designers mentioned that in later Mario titles they replaced the "Game Over" screen with a "Continue" screen. This was to encourage players to keep playing. Novice video game players would take "Game Over" too literally and stop playing all together. Video game psychology should be implemented more in education.
That's such a game changer
@@artiste9357 Literally. take my like
Dark souls left the chat
@@mariusbijan1336 🤣🤣🤣
Da bois has overloaded the schools computers
Parents: "Real life isn't a game."
Me @ 35: "Then why do I have to do so many side quests on my way to completing each work project?"
"Real life isn't a game."
[TierZoo has entered the chat]
GOOD one
Tell that to TierZoo
*New Side Quest*
File the Divorce Papers!!
@@Marcus-Lim perfect way to apply a 50% debuff to xp for the foreseeable future.
New side quest: Go to your son that you haven't seen for years' birthday.
So basically what you're saying is, if we reward people for their success, instead of condemning them for their failures, we'd be more successful.
yup
15 min video in 4 lignes. Maybe i should of read your comment and move on :))
I don't think the teachers should reward you with anything because if u don't succeed u would feel like you lost sth or was punished by not getting anything .....i think they just have to make the problems more real so it's interesting to learn new things and to make it fun with experiments.
Well... people get rewarded for their success otherwise it wouldn't have been success, but we also get punished for our failures.
Tet
Who else thinks that Mark Rober would be the best science teacher.
He is, he just does it through UA-cam.
alexander horvath me
his long term plan is to become a physics teacher, he said it in one of his videos but i cant remember which one
Meeeeee
More like the best engineering teacher
"That’s not a bug, that’s a feature." So so good! I really appreciated the coder/tester perspective.
SO unbelievably good! I immediately wrote this on my whiteboard when he said it.
I'm not kidding, I'm an application developer and whenever someone reminds me of a bug that was in my code I always reply, "that's not a bug, it's just an unwanted feature" in a sarcastic way and then go ahead and fix it, i accidentally stumbled onto this video and heard the same thing,I was very amazed that someone else uses this too XD
@@colawar7258 This became one of my favorite ted talks. This guy is educated, innovative, energetic, speaks well and great delivery. He got the attention of audience very well and explained an important topic in a fun way.
Sounds like Mojang to me.
Minecraft made real, hard to believe isn't it?
Mark is actually describing what makes the Finnish Education System so succesful: during the first years of basic comprehensive school (age seven to age sixteen), kids are basically not graded. No high stakes tests, mostly verbal assesments and so on. So the atmosphere is relaxed and that leads to children learning more and better. Remove the stress and learning gets to be a happy activity. Genius analogy BTW, well done Mark.
Has it changed recently? It's been about 15 years since I ended that school. Back then we definitely had tests and even "surprise tests" (not sure of the phrase) that were all graded. I didn't mind at all. My parents had come up with a reward system for excellent grades, so I was looking forward to them most of the time. That being said, I like Rober's idea. In university we had a whole course completely gamified and it was the most interesting and immersive educational experience I've ever had. I kept sinking in hours into it night after night. It was a team competition which made it even more exciting.
@@janbo8331 those surprise tests are called pop quizzes in my experience
@@jackspy5708 Ah, that's it! Cheers for refreshing my vocabulary.
@@janbo8331 It's a painful experience in my country, tastes start in 3rd grade for some reason and painfully continue till 12th grade (10th and 12th grade are shown too much importance and there before you have to study like you're in college in 10th grade) which is very painful and makes many students take their lives becuase of the peer pressure, high expectations and the fear of failure which is sad, nobody does anything about it which only makes things worst.
@@BatCostumeGuy Lemme guess, India?
Teachers: Life is not a game!
Mark Rober: Life is absolutely a game
That's the type of people who should be running our education
love this comment
@@MarioGonzalez-qn2gi keep ur head high, like in this video you just fell into the pit, remember what got you there and avoid it
TierZoo: I agree
Sure, but it's a game with permadeath turned on by default.
The main problem is the amount of time... When we were Young, we had all the time in the world. But now failure costs time and in some cases money. And that's what demotivates us.
why does it domotivate you? lost time and Money? good now u have learned the hard way next time youll be wiser and sharper and stronger more inteligent… and that my friend there no Money that can buy that.. you can get time and Money and to learn that experience and youll not get it.. one thing i told my mother and i was young… you think i will learn that eletricity hurts because you told me so? sth i cant see.. i will only trully learn with i get a shock. and that experience noone can teach me.
Time can be limited, and losing money is like the -5 points scenario.
Time and money are factors to consider, of course. Remember though, he did give examples (e.g. the dartboard) from adulthood. We still need to put food on the table and want a certain level of comfort, but we have some free time and get to decide what (and how many tries) is worth spending it on.
Why higher ed needs to be free/student loan forgiveness,so people can MOVE ON with their lives...
Time = Money
It took me years after leaving high school with a perfect GPA to realize that I didn't actually hate learning. I just hated THEIR version of learning. Now I realize it can be so different from how they do it, and now I love it and am learning lots of things I've always wanted to but never had the confidence to, and I feel myself learning so fast. I can finally ignore the sting of failure that was once driven into me.
@Hedge same here!
Me too
I have a dream to one day own and build a school. The dream came from my torturous experience in highschool and how the learning system was highly flawed, so I decided that one day I'll build a school and a new school system where the teaching method will actually help and Interest students into learning while also teaching them useful life lessons and classes.. this video but re-sparked my motivation
Tell me how you learn things now
@@EnchWraits Whatever you want to learn, spend a lot of time on the basics. The key is to learn those basics from a bunch of different sources! Each teacher will fill in the gaps of another teacher's lesson, or present things in a way that's easier for a particular person to understand. This strategy helps you get a firm grasp so that everything you learn from that point on will stick way easier. UA-cam is great for this. I never rely fully on one teacher or source. It can also be a much more relaxing way to learn because there is no pressure to understand everything right away. You just have to expose yourself to the content. It will work its way into your understanding through repeated exposure. Do some practice or research whenever you're inspired or have a question too. I hope this advice helps you and anyone reading!
tl;dr: Repetition of exposure to the basics from a variety of teachers/sources.
"That's not a bug, that's a feature"
As a software developer, I use this argument a lot.
hahahaha you got me there xD
Minecraft's creepers was actually a bug.
Literally just Fallout 76
ubisoft employe : i see an absolute win
So does Bethesda
the way he used a game as a reference somehow got me interested more than i usually would on these ted talks and I don't even play mario
Me too
Yeah I knew exactly what pit he was talking about.
Did u just say u don’t play mario
Dude, how come u dont even play Mario?
Have you ever played Mario? If not, dude. That's just sad..
You missed the perfect opportunity to say “focus on the peach and not the pit”
CH1CK3NBURR1T0 YAAASSSS
Buh-dum-cha! =]
Sadly, her name wasn’t Peach until N64. In 85 she was just princess toadstool
you must be real fun at parties
@@chrisquint3656 Oh yeah now I remember, on the SNES she was called Princess Toadstool indeed. I never realized they changed the name, I thought it was like sometimes they use her royal status or something, and sometimes her name.
Thanks for this bit of knowledge ^^
Respect to Marc for dedicating his life for 16% of us who needed a little reassurance that it is okay to fail and learn from your mistakes.
Let’s go:)
"If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn."
Quoted by Ignacio Estrada.
@R I agree
wow
I think I've seen this quote when I was in HS, I think, and it stayed with me all these years. . Funny how an idle look around a barangay hall because I was bored made me see people in a whole new light.
@@gentlegiant1578 I love that!
Unfortunately it takes time and effort for the school system and teachers that they don’t have to tailor the teaching technique for every student, but it would be amazing if it were actually possible
Waitwaitwaitwaitwait.....so you're telling me that not everyone lost 5 of their unimportant points?? I feel so betrayed..
But did you finish the game
@@christiansanchez7448 umm....I think I did? Or got really close.. yeah I did finish it (after a lot of bloodshed)
@@casperori k sure
Is the game still up?😅
Now I'm curious which version did I play. I got it first try tho
The entire school system: aight imma pretend I didn't hear that
Lmao
School: I’ll see myself out...
yup yup yup
this is why I'm homeschooled
@@bonburn at this point everyone's homeschooled, for a while. but how is it?
I actually really like how he mentioned that this isn't just a "stay positive!" mentality, but more of an outlook on the challenge itself.
I felt very happy to see 4.5M people trying to learn how to learn more.
Thanks, Yeah sometimes support is enough than needless comments to sound smart.
Learning how to learn and teach is my secret to mastering anything and doing everything.
haha nah i was forced to watch this by my teacher.
5.4M
I am learning how to learn more and I am learning English at the same time!! STONKS (I'm Brazilian)
It’s like the saying goes, “in school you learn a lesson to take a test, and in life you get tested to learn a lesson”
I love your comment !
We had a teacher that made school opposite
She usually would explain a concept, solve only 2 or 3 easier problem of that concept and those 2 or 3 problems would cost us 51 years (get the reference) and then clas dismissed
Next ,new topic, same 2 or 3 problems , class dismissed
And suddenly there's this surprise test that was set up in a unique way
Firstly the questions were worded to have the Guinness record for the most confusing ones ever
Secondly it was ensured that those questions are nowhere to be found, not in math books , not on the internet
And the catch was you had infinite attempts so u could make multiple copies of the question paper and solve it over a week at home , school toilet whatever , and in that you could submit and the marks would get to privately
But not the answers just marks
She later got fired tho
@@omkargaikwad6181 where can I get the reference
@@omkargaikwad6181 "okay, peasant" ?
XD :v :P
Mark: "Treat life like it's a video game"
People who play GTA:
Busted!
I really want to like this comment but I can't
C O O L V I B R A T I O N S
@@malcolmbuehler5619 why?
San Andreas People : HESOYAM EVERYDAY
I have struggled in the modern education system my whole life. The way I learn best is just like Mark explained, and as someone with learning “disabilities”, I’ve always struggled to keep up with any educational system due to the emotional and mental stress involved. It’s all about the grade: did you fail or succeed? You made a mistake, your grade gets docked. You won’t get anywhere unless you have high grades etc That always stressed me out. And in school there isn’t really any going back to “try again” unless you’re Rick and have all the time one the world (even then often you cannot).
Learning should be fun, memorable, and focused on the actual learning process and not always perfection along the way. Mistakes should be an opportunity to learn and grow rather than an accumulating sense of failure for when you actually struggle. There are also so many different learning styles, yet overall the education system is caters really only to one or a select few.
This leads to people like me struggling, breaking down due to stress physically and mentally, and eventually quitting due to trauma and the inability to keep up. Self-esteem goes out the window, and as you watch other succeed where you couldn’t (because you were not allowed to due to your differences), you eventually begin to believe the lies that you could never be as smart as persons xyz.
I hope someday we actually apply real science and real learning theory (as well as a dose of compassion and empathy) to our education system, both primary, secondary, and beyond.
And while I don’t have all the answers, I do heartily believe we are doing a disservice to students of all ages everywhere when we don’t cultivate an environment of learning, but rather an environment that expects us to get everything correct the first time. The latter is obviously unrealistic, and also doesn’t leave a lasting impression in your long term learning memory: mistakes and failed attempts are one of the best ways to learn - you will know the whys, the hows, and the why nots so much better than you would if you just only got things “right” all the time. Scientifically speaking, this also leads to stagnation: if we assume what we know or did is right and there are no other options possible, we won’t grow or think outside the box.
Wonderful Ted Talk. This is why I recommend UA-camrs like Mark Rober, Smarter Every Day, and dog trainers like Susan Garret to people. It’s important to make learning fun and accessible, while also encouraging people to take on big challenges without fearing failure.
This talk is way better than those quotes just saying 'failure is the ladder to success'.
Agreed
if you dont focus on the ladder of failures you might as well be flying
Chaos is a ladder.
@@powermetallistic2293 Valar Morgulis
@@mcmonkey26 HAHA
I recently retired after teaching middle school science for 22 years. I had a poster in my room which said, “Imagine how much science we could all learn if we did not have grades.” Thanks Mark for getting this idea out there.
Yes, that reminds me how our youngest used to say, "School gets in the way of my education." He had a point. :)
schools measure how well you listen as opposed to teaching you
Is there any online poster for it? Love the idea
@@littlemonsters19d or you grow up. That’s not the point. You’re probably 8. The point is to incentivise people to go after science and be motivated them self. Today, everyone wants only good grades, no one wants to do science.
@@Njadmessi I think he was joking.
'unexplained trust issues'
Yeah I don't get it either
@@SkibidiSam2014 He was joking that his nephews have trust issues with him because he shoots them with giant nerf guns, snowball machines and leafblowers.
Harshil Sangal woooosh
@@harshilsangal6226 BIGGEST r/whoosh ever
omg that woooosh lol
I always knew how awesome Mark Rober was but seeing him as a kid being appreciative and grateful just goes to show you that he really was raised right. The world benefits so much from people like him.
That wasn't him, that was another clip that went viral a few years back. I agree that Mark Rober is awesome though!
@@foreverfuturebound Ah, thanks for clarifying -- had never seen that one before, so given the context I thought it was an old home video or something.
Yea this comment is super cringe
Crazy how something untrue made you feel something
@@ColocasiaCorm LMAO
Who else expected him to randomly say "and in my ongoing quest to be the favorite uncle"
Nah me too
I was waiting for it
Only one person can be the favourite uncle. Sorry folks, I already am
This made my day.😂👍🏻
At least he doesnt worry about the trust issues. He just keeps pushing forward haha
I needed this so much. As a born perfectionist, I’d procrastinate so badly and feel like a complete failure when I’m confronted with almost any task that doesn’t provide immediate reward/feedback. Reframing the challenges and developing that into a mindset would have helped immensely. Big thanks to Mark, I’m gonna be a life-long supporter of you.
I can relate to you. If 90% of the circumstances aren't the way I want it to be, I tend to not even begin. This talk is a paradigm shift for me.
same here mate
Same! I hated myself for this.When tje result turns out not to be good, I become mad at myself and dissapointed and I feel like doing nothing, thus result to more failures...I realize I should take more things easily. Life is too short to worry about some spilled milk
Same here, I always feel bad when making mistakes, blaming a lot of guilt on myself which drags me down, but no matter what, just don't give up and try again... And again... And again... Until it will work out
Learning from mistakes - the best and worst invention of humanity 😂🤣
St St in the end,you can look back and be proud of yourself for not giving up.😊 Keep it up!
Mark: learn from your failures but don’t mourn them or get disappointed
Education systems worldwide: let us introduce ourselves
it's honestly so sad how bad some or most education systems are, if only they got to fully understand the students frame of minds and built it off of that
@@ItSquishy if only they didn’t teach us like they did a million years ago
@@someotherworldlybeing3167 exactly
the new generations need an education system built by new generations
not by baby boomers
@@jollyroger1357 at least Elon Musk is doing it
Honeslty I don't want to be offensive to anyone because I understand that it's difficult for other people to learn at school but that's just what makes the weak... If I learned anything from this video it's to not give up, you guys are just making comments implying that our school is so rigged that only a few make it out fine. That's not true, if you really do what you're supposed to and keep going you will get good grades and actually learn things, it's up to you whether you want to or not. Again, I feel where you guys are at, my biology teacher just sat there and gave us a boring lecture but I keep going and eventually passed with a 98% and actually learned everything.
"I didn't fail, I just found the right answer to a different question"
I will forever use that quote
This has to be the most entertaining and the most profound TEDx talk ever!
Well Clearly this is the first big youtuber comment with such less amount of likes, It feels kinda awesome to see this. You guys make great content, Keep it up xD
Here before it goes viral (not that I know who you are to be honest)
hey sir, nice to see you here
True 🤙
UA-cam recommended to you this, too?
Mark: tells me that learning can be a game
Me taking a test exam: why do I hear boss music
Lmfaoo
Lol 😂
You look up and see the teacher running towards you at high speeds. A health bar appears above both your heads. You look at your pen and know that its do or die time.
Nice
I enjoyed it.
"The Master has had more failures, than the Novice even tried"
I acknowledge your review!
write my personal unit.+1-7-1-6 4-0-6-8-3-2-2
similar to how tony hawk said '' the pro skateboarders fall more than the beginners''
@The Police Why do you say ew?
What's even more important is learning from failures. If you don't do that you'll practice bad habits.
“The difference between the Student and the Master is that the Master has failed more times than the novice has tried.”
Dang, this was such a good talk. When the person is in constant stress, the fight or flight mode, there is no room for creativity and curiosity, which is the driving force of evolution.
I honestly wish I had teachers like mark rober, also I envy his nephews, imagine having an uncle who’s a mad scientist/engineer with over 8 million subs
Become a mad scientist yourself and make future kids happy :)
@@abelpaul7508 tru
Almost *15 million subs
Not really mad
Me who literally stopped playing Mario because of that pit...
“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
― Michael Jordan
Fabzil Amazing quote
"Girl I may be a gamer, but I will never play you"
- Every dweeb gamer
@@pop-shot-rico6 Inspirational
Who's Michael Jordan?
I’m Michael jordan stop it gets some help
Mark: Completely meaningless fake internet points
Redditors: Allow us to introduce ourselves
Obligatory “I am not a Redditor.”
"Thanks for the gold kind stranger"
hahahah
Do your thing Reddit
R/mildlyinfureating
with adhd, i now realize i’ve had this thought process for most things for as much of my life as i can remember. it’s rather intrinsic for me, but many people have tried to almost teach me out of it and tell me that it’s “the wrong way” and “that’s not how the real world works”.
The problem with school is that it doesn’t encourage you to try again or to keep doing it till you get it right. What school ends up being is you either get it right or you don’t and usually your left with a grade your not happy with and can’t go back to fix. Schools need to stop expecting “perfection” from students as they are the ones trying to learn and do better, not master the material in one go.
This!!!
💜💜
None of the tests in my school matter until the last test in high school. I guess that system is much better, since you aren’t effected by bad grades until the end.
Same with bosses and wifes.
i AGREE, also, the grading and ranking system should end so that students can focus on learning and not grades/class ranks
His enthusiasm is infectious. I really enjoyed this TED.
Contagious*
His whole channel is great.
Necro from Dota 2 agrees.
@@BigdoAR sorry
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In school, the majority study for the test, not to learn.
exactly
This! I know WHAT to write in an exam. But I don’t know WHY I’m writing it.
I learn more when I study stuff on my own of my own will
Not when I’m forced
I’m sure thats true for lots and lots of people
@@AdamW-eo2yq exactly the same for me. School destroys that inner motivation. I love to learn. But I hate being forced to learn.
Does anyone actually study to learn???? Like . . . I’m not going to lie, I definitely do not. 💀💀💀
I live by and try to teach my children “it’s not a true failure until you say you can’t do it”. It took me twenty five years to crochet a project that turned out as intended. I never failed at crochet I simply got frustrated and set it aside for awhile. I NEVER said I can’t. I simply said I hadn’t mastered it YET!
You might find more success with less focus on the failures. The negative feelings towards failing are unnecessary, and don't help in any way. Although it may be inevitable to be disappointed from a failure, depending on the consequences.
It is much better to learn rather than any other outcome from failure. So the need for disappointment or negative feelings are unnecessary, and harmful to learning.
Same for me but for drawing!!!
School: Make a mistake, you die.
Reality: Make more mistakes than your competition, and you succeed
school meen
Wrong. In the real world, you make more mistakes than your competitors, you lose. Think about businesses that go bankrupt and those that don't.
make more CALCULATED mistakes, and LEARN from them to prevent future outbreaks is what you mean.
@@Happy.Traveller dont look at the business, look at the business owner
Dont just make mistakes learn from them
the schooling system: i see nothing
RIGHT!
True that
The thing is .. these people went into the challenge wanted to test it out, maybe wanting to learn coding. In schools often students are not in school from their own free will but because they have to. This is kind of the reward/punishment strategy that often gets used, sometimes in the wrong way
You are right
David, what is the name of your avatar symbol? I can't quite remember what it reminds me of.
Title: How to trick your brain?
*BUT MY BRAIN IS ALSO WATCHING THIS*
PoKa OP it won’t work now
It knows 👀. 🧠
You are your brain
Your brain was the one that thought to comment that only because it loves to think of itself as a bone and flesh mech
Ikrrr omg haha
wow...i got 200+ likes
Make that 500
I think this is why I'm learning Spanish really quickly. I treated every word as if it was like a gateway to the entire culture. And because of that it inspired me to learn and study much more.
Mark, you're a legend.
Hii do you have any suggestion for me as a new learner for spanish language, because i'm a bit confuse how do i start to learn this language? Thank you
@@everydy04 I would start searching up the most common nouns, verbs, prepositions, etc, and then learning the different tenses of them. (i.e. Ser, Estar, Necesitar, Poder, Querer, Hablar, Tener, Ir) And finding someone who actually speaks the language to help coach and practice your conversation on. I'm learning through school and family so I have kind of an easy route, but for just independent study I would start by learning important words and how to use them first. Along with how to construct sentences.
@@FaultyGizmoStudios okay, thank you so much👍👍
“no I didn’t fail I just learned 100 ways how not to do it”
Me trying to figure out how to dive into my 4” deep pool without hitting my head
Lolololol
_ thomas alva edison
That's actually a self-containing absolute fact when you view it from the lens of a game like super Mario bros, or spelunky.
Thomas Edison! Nice 👍
"In every job that must be done there is an element of fun. Find the fun and snap, the job's a game." - Mary Poppins
Lift Pizzas "He was skinny, could fit into places that we couldn't. Good for thievin'." - Also Mary Poppins
Ain't nothing fun in doing same thing over and over again, talking about both, jobs and video games...I need more action
Alan Watts - Work as Play UA-cam video. You should check it out
This is how I taught while I was subbing, I'm just sad I can't find a permanent gig since I'm not also a coach.
Gosh Im literally thinking about that!!!
Imagine if instead of having to go through 5 questions and click submit on a homework assignment online, the questions were all formatted so that if you got one wrong it instead gave you a question that was similar and taught the same idea. Then once you finished all five questions, there was a final question that required knowledge from all 5 previous questions to complete. For example:
1. What is x? 25 = 5x
2. What are the coordinates of the point on the graph?
3. If y = 8, what is x? y = 4x + 3
4. A rock is submerging through water at 2 feet per second. x = the number of seconds that have gone by and y = the depth the rock is currently at. If the rock is 16 feet underwater and then 6 seconds pass, how deep is the rock now?
5. A ball starts on the ground 20 feet away from the finish line. The ball is rolling towards the finish line at 4 feet per second. Create an equation to show how long it will take until the distance the ball is from the finish line is 0, showing that it has crossed.
Final Question (Boss Question): A red fish and a blue fish are swimming around looking for food. They then both see a smaller fish that can be eaten and isn't moving. The red fish is fast and can move 8 feet every second, but starts 60 feet away. The blue fish is slower and moves 5 feet every second, but starts 35 feet away. Which fish will arrive at the smaller fish first?
The slower fish, blue fish who is 35 feet away. This estimation shows that the blue will arrive by 7th second. And red will arrive on 8th second despite only 4 more feet away.
This is genius
I remember some questions on my exams in 4th grade similar to this comment.
You should be a math teacher
Struggles in metric
I’ve been rlly struggling with depression in my sophomore yr of college, but this just inspired me to make a project for myself: instead of doing lecture notes hw w dread like normal, I’m going to try and make the BEST study space possible, I like room decorating and efficiency innovating and it actually makes me excited for 2 hours of lecture notes!!! This is magic!
my chemistry professor taught like this. He made chemistry so fun/funny/interesting and i looked forward to his class every week. I always thought id fail the class cause i was never good at science classes, but because he made everything life relatable the concepts became so easy to understand. i still talk to him to this day and aspire to be like him.
I had a math teacher that was similar. He would stay after classes and answer questions, breaking it down into more simplistic terms and finding easier ways for people. I was so bad at math. I almost failed every math class throughout my life. I made A's in his class. Goes to show that the teacher really does matter.
i have a physics teacher like this. but just without the grading thing because i dont think hes really allowed to do that here
Walter white
@@Unkown-asf i knew this was coming
@@_Nyxus_ good teachers can help children become the best people in the world.
I just love how happy he is explaining science and how passionate he is in what he does.
Agree with you fam.
👍🏾❤💪🏾
Just curious.
Why do you love "that"?
Whoever invented school should have seen this TEDx Talk first.
iirc school wasn't ever entirely to teach to begin with, it was an excuse to keep kids off of the street after they weren't allowed to work in dangerous industrial locations. I could be wrong though
all modern education is cucked anyway because of they way it was designed by the Js
It was the Soviets what do you expect
School is fine, it's grades that are the problem
Yeah, but the designers of the Prussian school system would have ignored it anyway since they're designed to make obedient soldiers and factory workers; you'd need to go back to the older Ciceronian model to have a system designed for raising creative problem solvers.
62 years older here. Now I know I can learn anything. Thanks kid. You've changed my intellectual life.
Mark is incredibly brilliant and caring. One of my favorite Ted Talks/ UA-camrs of all time.
Sarah Bollinger I too care for u...love u
Same
Sarah Bollinger someone is in love
paparazzi pro if you continue to lose, then you automatticly learn to get better
There's something else that is shining here besides the guy in the video...
Mark: "Noone will ever see these meaningless internet points!"
Also Mark: *Shows them on presentation at TEDx*
though he didn't show the points, merely the averages of the success rates, and attempts made. the points were not represented at all. i see your point though :-)
@@crashfactory
Haha I see what you did there with your last sentence
Heheheh
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Lmao
"It feels natural to stand up and try again like a toddler that really wants to learn how to walk." This was the best motivating analogy I've ever heard.
It reminds me of what my mom always used to say while she taught me how to ride a horse: "When you fall down from a horse or a horse has thrown you off his back: After you've checked your health quickly get back up so to not let anxiety of the horse control you."
I learned to ride horses when I was young and just like that I was taught you HAVE to fall off 1000 times before u can even claim you can ride a horse because you learn a little every time you fall ^_^
That's how superman became a paraplegic.
I seriously thought I had seen all Marks videos…then this one pops up. I’m sending this as a Must Watch & Listen to my daughter who is about to go into the real world; to my friend who is continuously striving to better his business; to all those who want to hang up their spurs.
Thanks Mark!
Eminem: "Life aint no nintendo game"
Mark Rober: "Hold my dart"
When did he say that?
@@Chronischer_Innenbahn-Laeufer Love the way you lie (ft. Rihanna)
He says:
“but you promised her, next time you’ll show restraint
You don’t get another chance, life is no Nintendo game
But you lied again
Now you get to watch her leave out the window
Guess that’s why they call it window pane”
@@xlegendgamerpro Thanks
Didnt they mean different things?
@@F-Raptor-mq7ph yeah he meant you won’t get another chance ln life
when will ted himself finally show up to the talk?
The final boss
Someone showed me these two comments... I found them
I think these comments were on Pewdiepie
They were
@@redheadk2534 were they?
Absolutely beautiful Ted talk. I just wish that school’s would apply this logic. My biggest issue with school is that its mentality is all wrong. Every single aspect of it has issues but this is the biggest problem, whenever you get a below average grade you end up mourning your failure and end up compensating for the failure for the rest of the year. If school positively incentivizes your grade instead of punishing you for getting hit by a metaphorical green shell, than our education may end up being so much better than that of our eastern neighbors.
Not sure who your eastern neighbors are but I feel like the schools in the most Eastern countries are the ones that need the most fixing
@@racool911 true
i learned english *basically* all on my own on youtube. im not a native english speaker, but by watching videos i learned so much more than school taught me
@ДАНЫШПАН "these tests? pftt
just make them a game and everyone will learn a lot more" should be what schools should be thinking about
Where did you come from?
High five buddy same here
@@dankheadtycoon2119 portugal
Same, but the bad thing is, i have a hard time understanding my language without english words mixed into it. Not only that, when i was 3 i had english lessons which results to me only using english, i would get teased or bully that “oh his from the whites” “he cant understand us?” (Translated to english) which also results to fails, cause of something thst i couldnt translate, now im doing good but i still need translations. Agh so frustrating but feels good.
Crippling fear of failure is pretty much the end of personal growth.
That's me
S c h o o l
And ppl who are terrfied either
A
Become the best students or
B
Cease attempting when they fail
Do we know each other?
Buderus69 🥖
That resonated with me more than I thought it would. And it is not like I never thought of it this way, it just hit me different now. Thanks for this.
I’ve never seen this before. I’m a college dropout on unemployment with the problem of motivation or fear when it comes to wanting to go back. This explanation of learning and how it can be just as fun as your preferred activities makes me feel like I can go back this next semester and do my best to get a degree. Thanks for the video
I acknowledge your review! And Thanks for watching
write my personal unit.+1-7-1-6 4-0-6-8-3-2-2
I really think you should, it's never too late to give it another try! Plus, you can think of everything you learn as permanent checkpoints on your way to your degree!
I hope you graduate, the education system may be faulty but if you make it through youll have better option
The only thing to fear is fear itself
You already beat the odds by being born and surviving day after day after day
The mind is so powerful - you really only start to realize this when you finally realize the ways in which you have used it against yourself.
This is why they say you can do anything you put your mind to.
Good luck 👍
I’m rooting for you! Go go go!!!
Something REALLY great about gamification is that it's also VERY useful for individuals with memory disorders that affect short term memory. And the thing is, ADHD is one such disorder in that it not only impairs short term memory, but it also affects all levels of executive functioning. Gamification actually helps to handle the symptoms that occur from this, but only if said gamification also has an actual level of accountability involved. By creating that level of accountability, you're essentially creating an alternate reward circuit and this allows you to train yourself to engage in tasks by breaking them down into smaller bits that are dealt with one by one, and in short chunks of time followed by tiny little breaks to recenter yourself. It essentially takes the problems with focusing and impulse control that most with ADHD experience and use them to get things done.
Beautifully said. As someone with ADHD, learning and retaining are slippery slopes. I have learned that dopamine is a key component to retention. If I can be "taught" something in a way that makes it enjoyable, I'm far more likely to actually retain what I learned. Sit me in front of some sort of slide presentation, a text, a droning video.. I'll most likely be more engaged counting the dots on the ceiling and remember nothing. This is important to me because I also have a young son with ADHD, and I do everything I can to help him avoid or get through the pitfalls I had growing up (and still do in a lot of cases), as well as helping anyone that instruct him understand the way he learns things.
huh
maybe i do have undiagnosed adhd
Yep... Those of us with ADHD are "interest based learners". This is precisely why I can retain the insignificant & completely useless information that I Googled - for someone else, no less - 2 years ago better than the paragraph I just read... for the 4th time. LOL
This video has transformed the way I teach in my Geology 101 class at a community college. I'm piloting my change currently, but so far I think it's working very well.
It depends on the goal, is the goal to teach as many people as possible then no loss leads to more people successfully completing the test. Having loss seems to teach those that make it in less tries but also less people make it to the end. There is something to be said for both approaches.
@Kevin w If people reloaded it, how would he keep track of number of tries?
this guys looks smart, he should work at nasa or something
I honestly wish I had teachers like mark rober, also I envy his nephews, imagine having an uncle who’s a mad scientist/engineer with over 8 million subs
Hey Brandon, how's the pilot going? Can you sum up how/what you changed exactly?
remember *THIS IS THE GUY WHO TAUGHT SQUIRRELS HOW TO PARKOUR*
if this is school they will tell you how to do instead of learning and making mistake without people getting angery
LOL
Your right! I saw the video
Now I have to go watch another video!!! :-)
Pro Tip: Squirrels have known Parkour far longer than us.
Mark Rober, the mind of a scientist, the charisma of Ryan Reynolds.
I didn't even realize until I got to this comment, but isn't he the guy who's been making glitter bombs to prank porch thieves?
@@montanna4242 yep
@@montanna4242 Those thieves wish it was just glitter, if you watch his video you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.
666 likes. Nice
Lol I thought the same
Thank you for this video. I'm a student right now and failed 4 exams in my first semester, because this whole corona situation made me depressed and lose my focus to beat them successfully.
I think this Ted Talk inspired me to keep on going and don't stop after getting hit from a "green shell" again.
Keep the goal in mind and exercise! You can do it. I cried and got diarrhea before exams but I made it through and you will too!
@@GatesontheGo I've made a hardcut and changed my study field now.
wow... I was one of the lucky 25,000 who got the "positive re-enforcement" game... from a random yacht stewardess, after this experiment, I learned that "anyone could code" and I am now a programmer and designer based in Missoula Montana because of this ONE experiment. I think you might have to re-run your data for this fun fact Mark
I mean... you were part of the percentage that still finished the experiment, so that doesn't make him wrong, necessarily.
Oh agreed @Konidias! I am saying re-run the data to see how many people turned to coding as a full career change because of this experiment :)
how long did it take and how did you learn?
I would say it took me about 6 solid months to feel comfortable. Still learning though, and it seems like the kind of career path... where the information will never stop expanding
Yeah I'm wondering whether or not you got a degree in computer science or anything of that sort
_watches video without reading the title_
“Huh this sounds like Mark Rober”
_reads title_
“Ah”
That's hot
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Sammmmmeeeeee🤣
Im just proud of my man giving a Ted talk in a $20 flannel from Target.
Because why not
Because why not
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this is so encouraging. i'm really in a depressive and anxiety state. now i found a way to overcome it but it seems that i will get beaten again by it. it is so encouraging to see that it is okay to be seen as a failure and try again
wait this is the dude who pranked box thieves with glitter spray
glitter and fart spray* you're welcome.
yes. yes he is.
Dab, you name is comedic genius xD thank you
Wait really? That guy? Damm. That guy is my hero
yeah, and this guy was also a NASA engineer lol
life is like super mario.. we spend most of our time collecting gold coins, but if you eat mushrooms you go up a level
36Techniques ??
@@EthanBCWEntertainment Collecting gold coins means: earning money.
Eating mushrooms makes you go a level higher means:
Getting high on mushrooms. Yes there are mushrooms that make you high they're called magic mushrooms.
That's... Not how Mario works...
@@themariokid2310 woosh
Lol
I am currently attending graduate school for science education and I can not explain how much this talk describes my motivation for wanting to teach science. All due to a mundane, fixed mind set instilling, and impassionate teacher who just totally kills the student's curiosity of the subject. Instead of focusing on rote memorization of science we need to have a reevaluation of just how crazy the science of reality actually is. When its taught in a way that makes it seems as all unrelated and irrelevant topics, of course the student will become disinterested. However, when its presented in a way that accentuates the mysteriousness of reality it and how it does what it does, it gives a chance for us to rekindle the child like curiosity within us all.
Same story with Math Education. Good Luck!
Exactly dude. I hope that you will succeed with your dream good luck!
thank you & same to you!
School and college could be really fun if teachers were passionate about their subject and presented it in an interesting manner, instead most of them are bored and just write something down from a book that students don't understand and learn mechanically
yeahh!! i discovered too late how crazy important scientists were (like newton? i think and alchemy, or how hippies were the guys that invented the internet) and how liberal are people who study hard sciences (generally speaking)
Mario Kart wisdom:
The preventative negative setbacks you face in your day-to-day are the green shells. These are events you had control over but you dropped the ball somewhere down the line. You missed a meeting, slept through you alarm, etc.
Then there are external negative moments out of your control that you can sometimes separate yourself mentally from, but in general they often are something you just have to deal with. These are the red shells. Examples would be gas prices rising, a stressful time at work, etc.
And finally, a really impactful negative moment like the loss of a loved one or pet, would be those absolutely disruptive blue shells. And oftentimes it feels like they hit you when you just started to hit your stride, just like a blue shell does to those in first place.
The most important thing to keep in mind, whether you're brushing off a green shell, tripping over a red shell, or feeling like you're absolutely going backwards now because of that pesky blue shell, is that you can keep going forward and cross the finish line too.
I think Finland is a great example of this too, iirc students don’t take tests until they’re around 17 or so. Removing the fear of failure. And guess what, their teaching system is one of the most successful worldwide.
Define test.
Rock with Arms A test is a way to measure one's capabilities.
Determinedcake that’s what is is one paper but it psychologically damages them
Its damaging because there is an assigned value to it. Making tests a part of the grading system is where things go haywire I think. There should be plenty of tests as a way to re-calibrate the learning path and to assess where to go next. Where to help and where to extend.
The tests however shouldn't be worth a damn thing and have no part in your 'value' as a student. I can't imagine the terror in a person who isn't adept at test taking when a teacher would proclaim an upcoming test to be worth 30% of the grade.
I have issues with the grading system as a whole, but I'll cut my rant short here. Tests are valuable tools, but we are using them wrong and punitively.
Completely wrong, don't believe everything you read online. Been taking tests for last 19 years and the top comment is full of bs
Sincerely Finnish student
This talk makes me a bit emotional because for most of my life I have struggled with many things emotionally which have deeply destroyed my ability and motivation to learn and excel in academics, which reflected in my grades which in turn contributed to even more depression and defeated confidence spinning in a vicious cycle.
What Mark is suggesting that we remove the negative consequences that comes from learning focus on support and positive reinforcement. Failing an exam or a course while your peers pass and continue on to be rewarded with more advantage while you are stuck in the same place only encourages fear.
Learning should be fun and engaging, not competitive.
Felt sad when no one laughed when he said, "I finally beat Bowser last night"
havengoer it was not a joke, he was ‘proving’ a point by telling a story
I think you missed the first part. 14:17 listen to it from here, then you’ll understand
I think that, he meant for it to be funny(the pause), however, his words were so powerful, the audience took it to heart.... and rightfully so.
P.S.
I felt it too. Good job.
Felt sad because Bowser's his dog 😥
@@CLove511 Ow.
13:52 "That's not a bug, that's a feature" got me laughing 😂, and I must agree with the whole talk, well done Mark 👍
Not a bug, that's a feature.
Like the SAO logout button. The flipside of the feature argument is that not all features are good. Just the concept behind them.
(The creator of SAO didn't want to kill people, he just wanted to create a dream world and populate it. The concept was a completely different world. The feature was an inability to return to the world that actually mattered.)
Still a good point he's making, just figured I'd play devil's advocate here.
This was great to watch, I’d like to see his “ The Dark Souls Effect “
Zenothys lol
All the time on this video, I was thinking about dark souls!
Praise The Sun!
The feeling of starting over and knowing you’ll have to traverse...
BLIGHTTOWN
People tend to git gud
this pretty much is the dark souls effect, is it not? in both games, you're encouraged to keep trying in order to see the end of the game.
this guys looks smart, he should work at nasa or something
Yeah, he could do something big like sending robots to mars or idk
You know he did work at NASA but he quit to do UA-cam videos
@@ashrafallislam8027 It's a joke
Sans Undertale dont try to reason with a maximilan fan
@@ashrafallislam8027 wooooosh
This is basically any self taught programmer. Testing over and over with countless trail and error. Actually, thats how scientist make new discoveries too. Constantly trying new thing
It applies to basically everything. You do it again and again until you get it right. Music? Drawing? Programming? Editing? Everything follows this same principle. You just gotta do it again and again until you get it right
Me being horrible at piano but still trying to play
Programming is just a thing that can't be taught, someone can explain principles, syntax but everything is just pure trying and googling.
Actually it is every aspect of life. I am an engineering student and I do Martial Arts. I discovered early that if I look at everything as a game or as sparring (aka a game where you contest with physical movements) I'll love to do it!
@@ccheeto9678 Yeah, it is a experience thing, you can learn computer science to have a head start by understanding the underliying principles theoretically, but programming itself is a practical endeavor
11:11 "Don't hug me, go play with it." Thats the best quote ever.
The world begins to realize the true value of games. Good.
Master Chief would be so proud right now
games has no value, this is what makes them games.
@@kiadel7502 cough* _tf2 economy_ cough* cough*
Adelchi Pelizzo esports
EA, more like Eviltronic Arts
This reminds me of a saying “You can’t teach someone who isn’t willing to learn.” Because if it’s framed in a fun and safe way where there’s no consequences so you’ll want to go back. People would almost definitely go for it.
4:00 Flawed point LOL you lose a life (a penalty) yet continue to try the game.
In life penalties are important such as the law, it maintains order.
@@firstnamelastname8790 let's arrest drug addicts rather than solve the drug problem yes smart
@@Delicious_Oreoz when did I say that? LOL.
People who are arrested and Forced to detox in prison/jail have a choice to start up their addiction again once they leave or not. That's not the government's responsibility. Should the government also assume responsibility for those who are socially inept and have failed in all ways socially?
@@firstnamelastname8790 you said the law maintains order and yet this very same law has loopholes which are exploited by war criminals and has left blacks incarcerated thanks to Joe Biden.
@@firstnamelastname8790 also why is it the governments responsibility to tell people what they cant do to themselves? Cigarettes and Alchohol are perfectly legal?
I would like schools teach this mindset, my cousin is really frightened about making mistakes, but the reality is that you learn by making errors, you don't have to be shame about it.
I was supposedly a "smart" as a kid. So, I wasn't allowed to make mistakes because smart people don't make them. More, I was punished for each and every mistakes, even smallest of them. I am 23 now, I am trying to remove this mindset. I get angry at me making mistakes, because I am not "smart" now. I quit too early if I make a mistake. Also, I don't usually try new things because what if I fail or make mistakes?! I always try the "already working proof" things because I don't want to fail, I don't want to make mistakes.
People should be allowed to make mistakes. And I'm trying to allow me to make mistakes and grow and learn from them.
He has you don't worry
My kids' school does. They call it a "growth mindset".
It's 6:50am and I'm doing my 9 year old daughter's hair for school, while I'm watching your video. I had this video saved in my Playlist for a very long time & I really just wanted her to hear this video as well. So it starts and she's like, "Oh he makes glitter bombs, I follow him". So I'm thinking she must have him confused with someone else. So I paused this video & searched for him on UA-cam, sure enough, it was the same guy & your page is awesome. LOL This was a great video, I really needed to hear this.
Whew now thats a story
Shaming myself for every one of my failures (as well as analysis paralysis, inattentional blindness, cognitive tunneling, etc.) is the main reason I was basically stuck in life not moving forward in any capacity for almost 3 years. Powerful stuff.
Hey man, You are the best at what ever your doing. Do you wanna know why? Well, because you are you! NO ONE can replicate you. Remember, YOU ARE THE BEST!!!! Always keep trying. Always stay in sight of your end goal. No mater what. And remember, you are loved. ❤️
damn that's deep. Welp, time to move on...
i honestly needed this video.. i was born with intellegence and anytime i come across a task that i cant do, i always feel like i am not special or i wasnt born special. Sometimes i think that any great person was born to be great but watching this video made me realise that all i have been doing was making excuses . This is a very educational and life changing effect
Respect! ✊🏽
same, i was having a hard time studying
This guy can motivate you, trick you in to learning,
Show off his godly engineering skills and his fame ALL at the same time I love Mark
This is one of my favorite TED talk.
Don't dwell too much on your mistake but learn from it till you reach your goal.
I'm a simple man
I see mark Rober
I click
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Heyyy is that mark rober
I like CHIPS!!! Samr
Same
I completely agree!
If only this was used in schools and universities, where you could repeat your tests until you get a maximum grade...
Daniel Maree not every teacher gives that option tho.
I can assure you most people attend school & universities as obligation as opposed to interest so taking away penalty also takes away motivation. The Super Mario effect has an important condition, and that is personal outlook.
@@DuckieMcduck
As my proffesor said : "You don't have to attend to our university, if you're not interested"
Maybe when it comes to school, it's obligation, but universities?
No one forces you to go to university.
DuckieMcduck That’s literally the exact opposite. You don’t have to go to college for a job. You can get a decent and stable salary working as a UPS driver the rest of your life. The point of college is to get a job that INTERESTS you.
Jan Sitkowski And giving an option for unlimited retests discourages actually learning the information. If I knew I couldn’t fail, why would I even listen in class?
When in school and a teacher hands out tests say no thank you, I'm here to learn. Imagine how much more we could learn if we spent time focused on learning new things rather than proving to others what we don't know.
Schools: *I M N O T L I S T E N I N G*
"I'll just pretend I didn't see that"
I’m legally blind
I’m a teacher and I laughed at this comment. So true. Thank you!
I have professors at my college who don't subtract points from exams, but they add. Seeing +5 makes people happier than -5 which honestly is true (for me at least). I also have professors who called exams "quizzes" or final exams "test # _" rather than final exam since it stresses people out less.
@@brucevogelsberg3452 if i ever be a teacher ill try that
"That's not a bug, that's a feature"
Literally every programmers ever
Just Monika.
Bethesda
Just Monika
Lol
Me also
sometimes it goes from bug to feature, like in quake and valve, who both used similar engines in the late 90s and early 2000's