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Education Systems
What’s in a number? Only a vanishingly small slice of your life, it turns out.
A dialogue with Angus Fletcher — author of the bestseller "Primal Intelligence" — exploring the unique engines of human progress.
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What if emotional regulation isn’t just a trait, but a skill parents and teachers can help develop? Ethan Kross reveals what science says about shaping young minds.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
"Ultimately, the choice rests with each individual: whether to take the convenient route of allowing AI to handle our critical thinking, or to preserve this essential cognitive process for ourselves."
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These 5 human development principles could completely change the way we think about learning and potential.
Why dispelling the notion that it's all about getting the correct answer is so powerful.
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Testing is an attempt to measure intelligence. But is intelligence really what’s getting measured? A neuroscientist weighs in:
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Finding meaning isn’t just personally fulfilling — it’s critical to our brain’s development, explains USC neuroscientist.
"We should be informed and educated about the risks of AI, but we can’t be afraid,” Khan Academy founder Sal Khan told Big Think.
There are many problems with relying on SAT and ACT scores for college admissions. But removing them entirely creates less opportunity.
The tonal Native American language differentiates words based on pitch and makes Spanish conjugation look like child’s play.
Once students master the basics of math, they are allowed to use calculators. The same should be true of writing and ChatGPT.
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Yes, you CAN be a “math person” — as long as you follow these learning techniques.
American students are being compelled to specialize earlier and earlier. Here's what it takes to build a successful physics foundation.
The curiosity of children is a national resource. Adults destroy it.
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No one is teaching us how to be online. That’s a problem.
Imagine going on a tour through the human circulatory system as a tiny cell. That is just one example of education in the metaverse.
Population growth is driven by three changes: Fertility, mortality, and migration.
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Two-thirds of our days are spent alone. The Metaverse will bring us together, argues leading Metaverse thinker Matthew Ball.
Could anyone still meet the Theoretical Minimum?
There is no long-term beneficial effect of medication on standardized test scores.
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Former Harvard professor and best-selling author Todd Rose explains the problem with prestigious colleges and how the future of higher ed could be bright.
Stand Together
Is college worth it? This question may seem a no-brainer, but there are many reasons why it is worthy of serious deliberation. Here are three.
Most people have a distorted view of what being a scientist is like. Scientists need to make a greater effort to challenge stereotypes.
Africa has the most universities in the 2022 rankings with over two thirds of the world’s youngest universities.
Adult learning theory is a guidepost for designing training for maximum engagement.
We forget how unnatural a lot of formal education is. "Learning how to learn" requires bridging the gap between the abstract and the natural.