I'm waiting for the preprint, but from the blog post here's something else worth highlighting:
"After the six-week intervention between June and July 2024, students took a pen-and-paper test to assess their performance in three key areas: English language—the primary focus of the pilot—AI knowledge, and digital skills."
So that big shift in performance includes, I think, digital skills and AI knowledge. So this study says that -- compared to a group that spent no time with AI -- this group's AI knowledge and digital skills (and English) improved. So...yeah, that would not really be an interesting result at any level, and anyone who boosted this should be a bit...well, they should reflect on the relevance of this result.
Thanks, yeah. I started writing a postscript about the assessment AND the disingenuous way it's converted into years of "typical" learning, but it started to consume the entire post and my soul along with it so I removed it.
Your articles prompt me to play with chatgpt but in science rather thsn math. So i asked for a lesson plan on friction. What i got was was show and tell nonsense with some factual ambiguities. After three iterations the lesson plan began to look like a better learning experience. All i saved was some typing not time and sadly since it doesnt learn from our conversation it will becthe same struggle with each new plan. Hopeless!!
I started teaching math in 2004 at 48. Over the 19 years I taught, I’ve read widely on “miracles” thrown at teachers over the years. They are fortunate now to have you reading the BS and telling them it’s BS so they don’t waste the time reading the BS themselves. And the sad thing is, there are many, many, administrators who continue to tout it and cause teachers to be trained on it, lowering their morale with every minute spent on it.
I couldn't love this more: "If, as I suspect, the researchers did not control this study well at all, then I regret to inform you that I am adding dozens more AI guys to my Pay No Mind list, every one of them thrilling to the possibilities of this study, to the music and the magic, to the what if and can you even imagine, all while teachers and students are really struggling and really need support in the here and now." Thank you Dan!
This is a part of a paper I wrote on this recently:
Modern systems deliberately fragment intelligence and oppress the connection between our somatic an cognitive intelligence. Thus creating the illusion of asynchrony in holistic thinkers. Research demonstrates that neuroplasticity, often framed as a tool to "correct" deficits, is instead a profound capacity for healing and integration that systems fail to nurture. Neurodivergence, reveals the varying degrees to which outliers preserve their holistic intelligence despite systemic attempts to fragment it.
These studies illustrate these dynamics. This outcome could be seen as evidence of profound giftedness; similar acceleration is recognized in students who progress through six grades in a single year. Is this not the same phenomenon, demonstrating untapped potential when systemic barriers are removed? This outcome demonstrates not only the potential for supplemental resources to mitigate systemic gaps but also how these gaps disproportionately harm the most sensitive and adaptive learners. The Nigerian example exposes the extent to which systemic oppression, not inherent deficits, creates the appearance of under performance in individuals with holistic intelligence.
The damage caused by fragmented systems disproportionately harms the most sensitive and brilliant individuals, All of tho with heightened emotional sensitivity and integrated processing abilities. Emotions, essential to holistic intelligence, are more than reactions; they are dynamic transmitters that integrate somatic and cognitive processes. When suppressed or weaponized, the broader capacity for creative intelligence, the ability to synthesize and innovate, is stifled, perpetuating systemic harm. This suppression leads to chronic stress, trauma, and disempowerment, as individuals are forced into frameworks that suppress their natural capacities.
To reclaim true intelligence, we must dismantle the systemic lies and honor the profound integration of emotions, body, and mind. By understanding healing as an extension of learning and growth, we can foster systems that allow individuals to thrive while addressing the root causes of fragmentation. This shift is not merely theoretical but necessary for societal resilience and innovation in a rapidly changing world.
Lesson planning is one of my favorite things to do. I enjoy thinking about what specific question to ask here, maybe to bring a common misconception to the surface, maybe to show a trick we used last time doesn't ALWAYS work. How can I make this question more open-ended? Can I write a question that has multiple correct answers? Multiple ways of solving?
If I had less experience, or was feeling more overwhelmed, I might turn to some AI tool for help, but there's just no way I'd hand interesting, creative work that I enjoy over to a computer. It's like asking a robot to knit for you.
I'm waiting for the preprint, but from the blog post here's something else worth highlighting:
"After the six-week intervention between June and July 2024, students took a pen-and-paper test to assess their performance in three key areas: English language—the primary focus of the pilot—AI knowledge, and digital skills."
So that big shift in performance includes, I think, digital skills and AI knowledge. So this study says that -- compared to a group that spent no time with AI -- this group's AI knowledge and digital skills (and English) improved. So...yeah, that would not really be an interesting result at any level, and anyone who boosted this should be a bit...well, they should reflect on the relevance of this result.
Thanks, yeah. I started writing a postscript about the assessment AND the disingenuous way it's converted into years of "typical" learning, but it started to consume the entire post and my soul along with it so I removed it.
Your articles prompt me to play with chatgpt but in science rather thsn math. So i asked for a lesson plan on friction. What i got was was show and tell nonsense with some factual ambiguities. After three iterations the lesson plan began to look like a better learning experience. All i saved was some typing not time and sadly since it doesnt learn from our conversation it will becthe same struggle with each new plan. Hopeless!!
Yeah, science is specifically called out in the research as being a bummer area for ChatGPT, especially around diagrams.
I started teaching math in 2004 at 48. Over the 19 years I taught, I’ve read widely on “miracles” thrown at teachers over the years. They are fortunate now to have you reading the BS and telling them it’s BS so they don’t waste the time reading the BS themselves. And the sad thing is, there are many, many, administrators who continue to tout it and cause teachers to be trained on it, lowering their morale with every minute spent on it.
I couldn't love this more: "If, as I suspect, the researchers did not control this study well at all, then I regret to inform you that I am adding dozens more AI guys to my Pay No Mind list, every one of them thrilling to the possibilities of this study, to the music and the magic, to the what if and can you even imagine, all while teachers and students are really struggling and really need support in the here and now." Thank you Dan!
Thanks for cutting through the bullshit!
This is a part of a paper I wrote on this recently:
Modern systems deliberately fragment intelligence and oppress the connection between our somatic an cognitive intelligence. Thus creating the illusion of asynchrony in holistic thinkers. Research demonstrates that neuroplasticity, often framed as a tool to "correct" deficits, is instead a profound capacity for healing and integration that systems fail to nurture. Neurodivergence, reveals the varying degrees to which outliers preserve their holistic intelligence despite systemic attempts to fragment it.
These studies illustrate these dynamics. This outcome could be seen as evidence of profound giftedness; similar acceleration is recognized in students who progress through six grades in a single year. Is this not the same phenomenon, demonstrating untapped potential when systemic barriers are removed? This outcome demonstrates not only the potential for supplemental resources to mitigate systemic gaps but also how these gaps disproportionately harm the most sensitive and adaptive learners. The Nigerian example exposes the extent to which systemic oppression, not inherent deficits, creates the appearance of under performance in individuals with holistic intelligence.
The damage caused by fragmented systems disproportionately harms the most sensitive and brilliant individuals, All of tho with heightened emotional sensitivity and integrated processing abilities. Emotions, essential to holistic intelligence, are more than reactions; they are dynamic transmitters that integrate somatic and cognitive processes. When suppressed or weaponized, the broader capacity for creative intelligence, the ability to synthesize and innovate, is stifled, perpetuating systemic harm. This suppression leads to chronic stress, trauma, and disempowerment, as individuals are forced into frameworks that suppress their natural capacities.
To reclaim true intelligence, we must dismantle the systemic lies and honor the profound integration of emotions, body, and mind. By understanding healing as an extension of learning and growth, we can foster systems that allow individuals to thrive while addressing the root causes of fragmentation. This shift is not merely theoretical but necessary for societal resilience and innovation in a rapidly changing world.
Lesson planning is one of my favorite things to do. I enjoy thinking about what specific question to ask here, maybe to bring a common misconception to the surface, maybe to show a trick we used last time doesn't ALWAYS work. How can I make this question more open-ended? Can I write a question that has multiple correct answers? Multiple ways of solving?
If I had less experience, or was feeling more overwhelmed, I might turn to some AI tool for help, but there's just no way I'd hand interesting, creative work that I enjoy over to a computer. It's like asking a robot to knit for you.