Learning Science
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Liemandt: Learning science enables 2x–10x speedups, but fails in traditional classrooms
“The good news was there have been learning science papers written for 40 years back, you know, even before I went to high school that Talked about how kids could learn two, five, or 10 times faster. They just don't work in a teacher in front of a classroom mod…”
Liemandt: Critical Thinking Impossible Without First Imparting a Factual Base
“If you don't give them a fact base, then their opinions are just making stuff up. You have to reason over a fact base.”
Liemandt: Traditional classroom lecturing is the worst instructional method for children
“The teacher in front of the classroom is like the worst way to teach kids. And there's all these ways where kids can learn two, five, 10 times faster. But it doesn't work in the teacher in front of the classroom.”
Liemandt: AI unlocks learning science by eliminating noisy classroom variables
“AI allows you to do precise instruction to the student. So, and then second, measure the results. And if you take the AI out, Right? Your effect is dominated by the classroom.”
David Perell: Modern education ignores 70 to 80 years of learning science
“None of the learning science that has come out in the last 70 to 80 years has actually been implemented.”
Schacht: The science of learning is in its infancy like genetic engineering
“When you think of yourself as a learning company, learning is a field that's in its infancy right now. And it's deceptive because it's an old industry. So it feels like, well, we figured all this out and, you know, that's just like, I don't know, some efficien…”