When Google Hires, It’s Looking for “Learning Ability” Not Degrees
Quartz
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2/24/14
“When you look at people who don’t go to school and make their way in the world, those are exceptional human beings. And we should do everything we can to find those people.”
Struggling Is Better For Learning Than Scaffolded Understanding
Brilliant Blog
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2/24/14
“Kapur has identified three conditions that promote a beneficial struggle. First, choose problems to work on that ‘challenge but do not frustrate.’ Second, provide learners with opportunities to explain and elaborate on what they’re doing. Third, give learners the chance to compare and contrast good and bad solutions.”
A Tribute To Reading: Finding the Time, Why We Read, And More
Farnam Street
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9/2/13
“Odds are that no matter what you’re working on, someone somewhere, who is smarter than you, has probably thought about your problem and put it into a book.”