• Learning is social, computational, supported by neural systems linking people

  Education is on the cusp of a transformation because of recent scientific findings in neuroscience, psychology, and machine learning that are converging to create foundations for a new science of learning.

  tags: learning, development, social, grue, ttl

• The Domestication of the Savage Mind

  James Flynn is best known for having discovered a stubborn fact. In a series of papers culminating in the classic 1987 article ?Massive IQ Gains in 14 Nations: What IQ Tests Really Measure,? he established that in every country where consistent IQ tests have been given to large numbers of people over time, scores have been rising as far back as the records go, in some cases to the early 20th century. What Is Intelligence? is Flynn?s attempt to explain this phenomenon, now known as the Flynn effect. (American Scientist)

  tags: intelligence, grue, Flynn-effect

  • in every country where consistent IQ tests have been given to large numbers of people over time, scores have been rising as far back as the records go, in some cases to the early 20th century.
  • He claims the Flynn effect is a consequence of changes in the way people live and the skills they cultivate?changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution.
  • schooling should increase IQ scores.
  • gains on IQ tests should vary depending on the content of the tests, being highest on those that rely most on mastering abstract taxonomies and solving problems on the spot.
  • Learning better or faster depends on what?s being learned, on what?s already known, on how people try to learn, on how (or whether) others teach them, and so forth.

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