Artificial intelligence is changing the way students learn but it hasn’t changed what matters most: the ability to think critically. GenAI is not a substitute for human reasoning, which is why it’s so ...
Socrates wasn’t the greatest fan of the written word. Famous for leaving no texts to posterity, the great philosopher is said to have believed that a reliance on writing destroys the memory and ...
While the promise of agentic AI in advertising is intoxicating, autonomous systems optimizing campaigns and making real-time adjustments still face a sobering reality: The economics don’t work for ...
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Technology has no place in kindergarten through eighth grade (K-8). Evidence abounds that learning through books, pencil and paper, and dialogue with real people builds the strongest foundation for ...
This first in a two-part examination of the cognitive impact of generative AI explores the reasons why the technology is having such a negative effect on executive – and others - critical thinking.
A new MIT study suggests that AI is degrading critical thinking skills — which does not surprise educators one bit. “Brain atrophy does occur, and it’s obvious,” Dr. Susan Schneider, founding director ...
POTTSVILLE — The Schuylkill Technology Center announced winners of the 24 Math Challenge Tournament held on May 13 at the South Campus in Mar-Lin. Intermediate Unit 29 sponsored the competition among ...
A few weeks ago, my ears perked up when a gaggle of middle school volleyball players in my car were talking about the teachers they don’t like; I have an unfortunate appetite for tweenage gossip, and ...
Since the launch of ChatGPT more than two years ago, researchers have highlighted a growing number of drawbacks of generative artificial intelligence, including its negative effects on the environment ...
The Trump administration’s calculations justifying the most consequential tariff scheme of the last century are all wrong. In an op-ed for The New York Times published Monday, economist Brent Neiman, ...
At a time when automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly transforming the accounting landscape, critical thinking remains a uniquely human skill that machines cannot replicate. Critical ...