Practically anything written for a lay audience is going to be worse than useless. Most of what’s written about education for a general audience is motivated by politics, rather than by a search for truth. Worse, much (most?) of the academic community studying education has picked up a lot of what I deem anti-epistemology, especially the primacy of stories over statistics.
My enthusiasm for this project waned, and I never did get to much sound research. In reflection, though, I’m sure such research exists. If I was to try again, I’d start by considering the ways that various research disciplines in educational psychology reach their conclusions; and then read in those disciplines that seem sane.
Thanks for the heads up. Do you think you could write up you experiences in a discussion post and ask people what they’ve tried? Are there other wikis for IA that you know about? This thread talks mostly about nootropics. I’ve researched those a bit and am now more interested in cognitive science techniques like anki, dual-n-back, etc. (though I’ve heard the evidence for n-backing is spotty).
Sorry for the bump, but what have you found out about learning about learning since this comment?
Practically anything written for a lay audience is going to be worse than useless. Most of what’s written about education for a general audience is motivated by politics, rather than by a search for truth. Worse, much (most?) of the academic community studying education has picked up a lot of what I deem anti-epistemology, especially the primacy of stories over statistics.
My enthusiasm for this project waned, and I never did get to much sound research. In reflection, though, I’m sure such research exists. If I was to try again, I’d start by considering the ways that various research disciplines in educational psychology reach their conclusions; and then read in those disciplines that seem sane.
Thanks for the heads up. Do you think you could write up you experiences in a discussion post and ask people what they’ve tried? Are there other wikis for IA that you know about? This thread talks mostly about nootropics. I’ve researched those a bit and am now more interested in cognitive science techniques like anki, dual-n-back, etc. (though I’ve heard the evidence for n-backing is spotty).
Thanks for your help!