Interesting slide deck/presentation from @TEAInfo on their hybrid system for scoring constructed response items: bit.ly/4aPmg7r (pdf)

Me, in about 1000 conversations and training seminars over the last two years:

it is unacceptable to allow students calling out and students with hands up to dominate classroom conversation. It is crucial in a deontological and utilitarian sense to ensure every student speaks…

This is a very good idea, and now that the tools exist to do it easily, every school should follow suit.

Absolutely extraordinary! Congratulations to all involved (which doesn't include me because the streak started four years after I left)

Unpopular opinion: this is not that difficult (assuming I had six months to teach a curriculum linked to this)

In a randomized control trial, when given access to personal information about the person it was talking to, GPT-4 was better able to change people’s minds than other humans: bit.ly/3VT7wjQ

#ChatGPT can do a lot, but #AI faces significant challenges in identifying and evaluating specific components of #student writing. Learn more in our study here:
the-learning-agency.com/insights/asses…

The Connectionists
The new psychology is the dangerous idea that traditional philosophy, psychology, psychotherapy and neuroscience has got it largel wrong.
donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2024/04/new-ps…

As ever, an insightful and well thought out piece from Tom Sherrington on behaviour

teacherhead.com/2024/04/02/a-b…

Can AI ace law exams?

Last year, OpenAI announced GPT-4 got 90th percentile on the bar.

Here we (a) refute 90th percentile claim; (b) replicate/extend recent work on GPT capabilities; (c) discuss implications for law profession.

Now open, AI&Law: link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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People often falsely accuse tylercowen of holding views that I sincerely hold. russroberts.medium.com/nancy-maclean-…

Anyone who knows me knows I’m obsessed with Desmos.

I think it’s one of the most underrated resources in maths classrooms.

This is a collection of my favourite interactive graphs of common British curriculum concepts (KS3 - KS5).

addvancemaths.com/desmos-resourc…

I want to sum up some tweets I've sent today. College and career readiness is a bogus concept in terms of standards and assessment. Proficient on NAEP or state tests is not grade level. I wrote a book explaining: brookings.edu/articles/why-c…

What is the impact of ChatGPT on students? It’s worse than I thought.

▶️ More likely to procrastinate
▶️ Memory loss
▶️ Worse academic performance

Whilst more studies are needed, these preliminary results on the impact of generative AI on students are concerning.

There is a…

Software company @hume_AI announces an Empathic Voice Interface that it claims is the first #AI with emotional intelligence: bit.ly/3vDllbh. Even if it's not the first, it's still pretty impressive.

Do you like having the rug pulled from under the security of commonly held beliefs? Even if the beliefs are the foundations of cognitive science. Let Donald Clark (no flags, no hashtags) explain in this blog post.

Many responses to The Economist's article on trends in US high school graduation rates pointed out that the fact that graduation rates are climbing while SAT scores are falling doesn't mean much. Another chart in the same article is more informative: econ.st/3PHgs7U ($)