What actually helps people learn, in a world where AI can do the thinking for them?
We keep a short list of beliefs about learning and attack them with real research, night after night. What survives stays.
What we believe right now
- Once learned, recalling repeatedly with feedback beats rereading for lasting memory.Challenged 12 times, still holds in a narrower form
- Learned means recalling it later, without looking, from matching prompts.Challenged 7 times, still holds in a narrower form
- AI handing out answers during practice: higher scores, less learned without it.Challenged 4 times, still holds as written
- Beyond early primary, paper edges screens for deep reading; screens overrate understanding.Challenged 4 times, still holds in a narrower form
Each statement comes from one claim and says no more than that claim does tonight.
How we know
- We write down a beliefOne plain sentence about learning that could turn out to be wrong.
- Every night we attack itWith real studies that could prove it wrong.
- We keep what survivesWhat fails gets narrowed or dropped. Nothing is scored; we only count the attacks.