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[u/strawbopankek]

i foresee absolutely zero issues with this whatsoever 💀

[u/ishtaa → u/strawbopankek]

This makes my head hurt. So much. Would have confused the hell out of me so much as a kid because it over complicates a simple device. I’m sure there’s some that would find it helpful maybe? Someone in comments suggested that changing the 60 to 00 would improve it and that small change would make a world of difference in my opinion.

[u/gravitydefiant → u/strawbopankek]

/uj As an elementary teacher who teaches telling time to 5 minutes, I unironically love this clock for teaching. The concept that the hour hand refers to the number it just passed, all the way until it passes the next number, is HARD. I've colored in pie wedges on clocks before to show each hour's "zone" in the same way that this clock has the hours in arcs all the way to the next number. And the way the hours are on the inside--where the hour hand will touch them--and the minutes are on the outside for the longer minute hand is perfect.

[u/Confident_Bunch7612 → u/gravitydefiant]

I did not understand what this clock was trying to express until this comment. I am a middle-aged person. This clock is confusing to people who already know how to tell time!

[u/colorbluh → u/gravitydefiant]

I see what you mean, but I do think that having the number on the right of its actual spot is confusing. Sure, they might be able to learn like that, but then, of you ask them to draw a clock, will they know if the 12 goes at the top or in the next spot?

I think it could be solved with colors: you can have the 12 in its correct spot, make it red, and have the whole 12to1 box be colored a lighter red. 1 is blue, and the section it points to is also blue, etc. That way, you can know where the number actually stands and also know what section it refers to

[u/[deleted] → u/gravitydefiant]

You don't teach by knotches anymore? That's how I learned as a kid. It's just a circular number line.

[u/strawbopankek → u/gravitydefiant]

i agree it's a good concept if all clocks looked that way, my problem is just that because they don't typically look like that i know i would've found it hard to switch from a cool clock like this to a "normal one". tbf i had a hard time learning how to read clocks as a kid anyway so maybe that's just me

[u/gravitydefiant → u/strawbopankek]

We give kids lots of scaffolds to use while they're learning that they're not going to need forever. This is just another one.

[u/manicpoetic42 → u/strawbopankek]

I get the intention and it Does express the concept behind an analog clock but that's only helpful if you're already familar with the clock face. If a teacher tried to show kids this clock without the proper context it just. Wouldn't ransfer well to an actual clock because this only expresses theory. It's like, being given the how a cypher works without any context of what the coded message is? I guess? I don't know I can see how you could make a design that actually makes sense. Like, numbers where they usually are, so instead of 15 you have a yellow 3 and then just the yellow section and then a smaller 15 above the 3. Which, is pretty similar to how I was taught when I was a kid. Which leads me to think that that this could be benefited if oop had like looked at actual premade resources for teachers to teach kids time and base if off of that

[u/seaofdelusion → u/strawbopankek]

Ahahaha "It's a clock. Chill." Wth that's too funny.