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Learning Science
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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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.
When we view hard work as a sign of low aptitude, it harms our ability to learn and grow.
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Yes, you CAN be a “math person” — as long as you follow these learning techniques.
New memories appear to be stabilized in the brain by a neurotransmitter called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).
In the age of distraction, don't we all want to read faster and more efficiently?
Here's how learning leaders can best take advantage of the technology that employees carry with them everywhere.
The quadratic formula isn't just something that teachers use to torture algebra students. The Babylonians once used it to calculate taxes.
Learning styles are supposed to help learners take ownership of their education, but research doesn’t back up this well-intentioned myth.