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01.03.2026 16:07 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0@jeffgreene.bsky.social
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Are you following @olivia.science? You should be.
01.03.2026 16:07 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0some resources for cognitive scientists β especially for junior scholars who ask me wonderful questions and want to learn more β on theorising and metatheorising olivia.science/theory/ (not 100% finished & more to come, but all my work is freely available here: olivia.science#publications as usual)
01.03.2026 15:13 β π 34 π 16 π¬ 0 π 1Again, the modern world, where so many get their news from digital sources like social media, requires that people actively and effectively curate those sources. Here's one guide to doing so: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...
01.03.2026 16:04 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Excellent example of the kind of deep and knowledgeable analysis you don't get from the "fast news" cycle of social media. Expert analysis is worth waiting (and paying) for.
01.03.2026 16:04 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Want to be irreplaceable? Know how to self-regulate, cultivate intellectual virtues, and think critically.
βYou have to be very open-minded, curious, and willing to try whatever the newest thing is. The value of that sort of person is going up exponentially...β
Um...wow? Like, wow wow?
27.02.2026 22:19 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A few weeks ago youβve heard about nmax as the insurance policy for sample size planning on @quantitude.bsky.social
Today weβre excited to launch the nmax Shiny app. Sample size planning with nmax can now be done in just a few button clicks!
π yifeng-quant.shinyapps.io/nmax/
The moment many of us in #edresearch have been waiting for...
Reimagining the Institute of Education Sciences has been released.
ies.ed.gov/ies/2026/02/...
This post is getting a fair amount of attention (relative to my typical posts), so just to be clear: the quote above is from the linked article authored by @biblioracle.bsky.social. All kudos go to him.
27.02.2026 16:22 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hear hear.
27.02.2026 15:56 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Yet another reason why I prefer slow news analysis by experts to the "quick take" nature of (some) news reporting on social media. Is there a math issue, regardless of the change mentioned in this article? Perhaps. But I'd prefer to wait for experts with access to the data to do a thorough analysis.
27.02.2026 15:00 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0π₯"Those who believe school can be reinvented seem to have a very limited understanding of school and even less consideration of students. Inevitably, they view learning as a problem of content delivery, failing to understand that learning is a social process, happening among and inside of people."
27.02.2026 14:35 β π 33 π 12 π¬ 1 π 2Sadly yes. The whole βSubstack induced market panicβ back and forth is a great example of this. People need to calm down and let experts do some actual analysis.
27.02.2026 13:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Totally agree on regulation. In the US, Congress should be voting on consensus guidelines. And it would be easier to achieve consensus if social media companies allowed careful review of data. Re: bans - they are a blunt and non-consensus instrument. And sadly the only one discussed at the moment.
27.02.2026 13:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0βCongress needs to intervene, and quickly. βIf Congress had legislated guidelines on autonomous weapons and surveillance, Anthropic would likely be far more comfortable selling its systems to the military,β he writes, βand the DPA threat would have never arisen.ββ
27.02.2026 13:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What I like about the AI Fluency Index is the emphasis on (1) prompting the #GenAI to be more critical from the outset, (2) iterating to refine outputs, & (3) encouraging questioning of outputs. But why not build in a "Fluency Mode" where these things are default (1) or prompted by the system (2-3)?
27.02.2026 12:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I donβt know enough about business or coding to predict whether this will end well for Block or not. But I am tracking AI-explained job cuts, and Iβm seeing many, followed by initial jumps in stock prices. This is evidence supporting the AI-big-disruption prediction. Hm.
27.02.2026 12:21 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0...I understand people who feel the need to make the best decision they can with the evidence they have.
27.02.2026 00:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm an evidence guy, so I do think we should continue to support using that in policy-making. In this case, there's lots of evidence pointing in either direction, and the companies haven't released the data needed for more definitive answers. So...
27.02.2026 00:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I appreciate the argument for more/better evidence here, but I think the tides have shifted and social media bans for teens are coming for many countries (I'm less sure about the US). That said, I agree students also need education on how to use technology safely, effectively, and autonomously.
26.02.2026 22:17 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Self-report knowledge of and self-concept for self-regulated learning differentiated adolescents into three groups that did differ in average GPA. Self-reports are fine as long as they are interpreted as respondents' knowledge or perception, rather than behavior. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
26.02.2026 13:01 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Epistemic vigilance is a concept developed by Sperber et al. describing how we guard against the possibility that other people might misinform us.
Two key points in this literature:
1. We need to scrutinize the content of messages
2. We need to scrutinize the source of messages
2/
Self-report knowledge of and self-concept for self-regulated learning differentiated adolescents into three groups that did differ in average GPA. Self-reports are fine as long as they are interpreted as respondents' knowledge or perception, rather than behavior. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
26.02.2026 13:01 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0For sure. Very relevant. There's been good work on belongingness since then, building on their work. For example: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
25.02.2026 17:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Interesting, thanks! My sense is that SDT tries to create environments where people feel autonomy, but I'm not sure how much work has been done to see if one person's perception affects another person's perception. Feels like we are moving into the socially shared regulation of learning lit! :)
25.02.2026 15:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Thanks for the good thoughts! I wonder if expanding the focus on self-efficacy to all three basic needs in self-determination theory might help to create environments where teams have autonomous motivation to improve? Perhaps you've already thought of this. :)
25.02.2026 15:28 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0A majority of teens AND PARENTS think it is okay for students to use #GenAI for homework/learning. Companies must design GenAI to help people actually learn, rather than offload learning. And we must educate people about when it is and is not a good idea to use GenAI for learning. #EduSky
25.02.2026 13:00 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0I really like how these authors conceptualized & tested #GenAI reliability. It's not where it needs to be for mission-critical work, particularly for work where the AI has to be autonomous or near-autonomous. So far, GenAI seems best positioned as augmenting what humans do, not replacing human work.
24.02.2026 19:05 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0"93 percent of students said theyβre confident theyβre learning the skills they need to get the type of job they want, and 88 percent expressed confidence that their degree or credential will help them get a job after graduation. The majority (75 percent) also believe college is worth the cost..."
24.02.2026 13:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Findings like these make me wonder whether Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 should apply to algorithms. These algorithms seem to boost reach of particular content (not just on X but any site using an algorithm) with effects on thinking (unsurprising). #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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