I recently finished How We Read Now, by Naomi S. Baron. Its audience has to be educators, but it is friendly for a general reader as well.Baron gives a book length literature review of current research (as of 2021) about reading on screens versus in print. She focuses on academic reading, but she also has…
Tag: cognitive science
The Other Problem With AI & High School Students: Thinking
When ChatGPT was introduced a few years ago, it started a predictable cycle of hype and hysteria about the future of education with Large Language Models (LLM) creeping into our classrooms. This year, after the Trump administration issued an executive order on AI in schools, an opinion piece in the NY Times declared “A.I. Will…