What are Bloom's six levels of thinking?

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Does anyone know what happens in the amcs when people self engage in doing something that they do not enjoy?

Answer 1

I don't get your conclusion. If starting at a higher level is better, shouldn't people start at level 6 which will mean they can more easily answer the level 5 questions they are tested on? Even though no one will test you on level 6, it would seem even for answering level 5 questions it would be better.

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@JustinSung Does it occur in learning languages?

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Plz go deeper for level 5 and 6
Bcz thinking on that level can burst your head bcz you become confused in between is my hypothesis is right or not

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thanks now I know my learning level and how I get that high

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I think i am at level 6, i hear a lot and all of them are doing each day in my life, when i study i store answers by repeating, and i do simple to hard questions and i search for hardest question, sometimes i crack it or i just got answer by imagine what will be the answer by the concepts i studied. By this studying i study a lot of things in space, making simple theory but they are not got by anyone and making unified theory of all is was like a mental-imagination-power like something,..

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Brother pf of jinwooh sung

Answer 2

I was lucky enough to have a great geometry teacher when I was in high school.  This was back in 1995, and the internet was still a very new thing for the public.  So we were still learning the old-fashioned way.  But until I had this teacher, I was a very average student.  But what he did for me was puzzling in the beginning.  Because no other teacher I'd had until this point had ever used such a method.  On our first day of class, he did not issue any textbooks. Instead, he issued everyone a sheet of paper with almost 200 terms on it.  Our first 4 weeks in his class were to define these terms.  But in order to actually pass this assignment, simply defining the terms would not suffice.  Yes, we had to regurgitate the definitions.  But we also had to go to the front of the classroom and demonstrate our comprehension and also teach it to him.  At the end of the 4 weeks, he then issued everyone their textbooks.  And as he was doing so, he said to us all, "Now you can all speak the language of mathematics and geometry.  Which means that you and I are no longer in need of translation.  So we've bridged the gap between teacher and student."  He then went on to make a joke that made everyone laugh.  Because it was in the language of logic, and we all comprehended it.  He said, "If you and I can speak the same language, then we can successfully converse and effectively exchange information."  Since his class, I have taken a different approach to how I study.  Throughout the years, this method has been useful to me, even to this day.  I now would consider myself an autodidact, and learning new things excites me.  This teacher and I formed a very strong relationship, almost as a father and a son.  He attended my college graduation, and we remained as family all the way until he passed away in 2017.  But the main reason I am sharing this story with you is because of a philosophy that he always instilled in me.  Which was this, "Don't ever neglect or pass on an opportunity to teach someone something.  Especially if they specifically came to you for the knowledge."  And what you are doing here is helping others.  So I salute you for giving something to humanity instead of taking from it.

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  In high school, we always had to read a book over the summer.   And then, on our first day of school at the end of summer.   We had to turn in an essay on the book we read.   At the beginning of my sophomore year, I turned in an essay about how I couldn't write the essay for the reading assignment because I didn't read the book.   The teacher gave me a "D".  So it was better than failing but not by much.

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thank you so much for your paragraph :) really inspired me. May he rest

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teach me that how to write a good essay and with good English

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Holy yapper of the yaps

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This is genius

Answer 3

My professor used to say : " if you want to use it , you sould be able to answer how it works , if you want to modify it and improve it , you should be able to answer why it works "

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I really like your Sir's Thought.
I'm gonna always remember this thought.

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 yeah but how do we know we have questions but not answers we want to know but who answer us in a way we understand

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How it works = Manual (How to use it)
Why it works = Mechanism (How it was made)

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The difference between how and why can be perceived as synonyms in that context.

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and lvl 1 just copy the other guy using the machine

Answer 4

Summarizing the process for when I need to refer in the future
Level 6: Create --> Hypothesize
-find a knowledge gap - an area where you think appropriate info doesn't already exist - and ask questions aimed at filling this gap

Level 5: Evaluate --> Prioritize
-judgement, justify and form conclusions

Level 4: Analyze --> Compare and Contrast
-venn diagrams, tables, summaries, mind maps
-solving advanced problems - involves solving using the application of several concepts

Level 3: Apply --> Simple problem-solving
-solving questions aimed at direct application of concepts

Level 2: Understand --> Explain
-reading with understanding

Level 1: Remember --> Regurgitate
-re-reading

Hands down the best video on learning and thinking i've ever seen. I'm so mad I didn't come across this my entire highschool and bachelors t_t Thank you so much for this! <3

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Same here!

edit: Sometimes i didn't realize I've been applied random level of thinking. I'm so lucky to be able to find this latest super dupper useful video, because I'm learning for the sake of engineering stuffs after work... x-x


Also appreciated for your summary as well <3

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Found this helpful too. Merci

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great summarisation

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This is basically reverse engineering derived from Christian principles taught by Jesus Christ. Think and Grow rich, 7 habits of Highly Effective people, Stoicism, Religions, sub-Conscious and conscious thinking, the 12 universal laws, math, critical thinking, art, philosophy, Principles of success and more all point back to Biblical teachings taught by our God. But ignorance will say it's just coincidental. The fear of God is the beginning to all wisdom. Isn’t it ironic that “create” is at the top of the pyramid, he is who we derive our creative and wisdom from.

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So level 6 is essentially a university professor or a researcher.

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No it can also be an inventor, content creator, author, or any person who creates original ideas.

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That is an interesting and enlightening perspective. Thanks, brother.

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the reason you didn’t see anything like this in high school is the teachers had no idea themselves, neither did the syllabus setters. .

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So it's Bloom's Taxonomy

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Yes, but most of the people don’t even know bloom’s taxonomy. It is very specific to the teaching industry.

Answer 5

Memorize < Understand < Apply < Analyze < Generalize < Reconceptualize < Unify < Evaluate < Create

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What level is Fear of getting chewed out by your asian parents for getting a B?

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this is a funny example that made me realize that I use level up to level 6 for cooking.

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Thanks, I skipped the video

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< Find a Hawk Tuah girl.

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for sure! I consider myself a user of all levels, but it really differs based on the task at hand. If I’m studying for a quiz with new material, I’ll use levels 1-4 by trying to make a visual that displays the structure and relationship between concepts, and then focus on each concept and its details. Many students would just memorize the basic facts and information, which the school system rewards, instead of learning in a way that allows them to retain beneficial knowledge for longer.

Answer 6

The chat gpt prompt regarding the blooms taxonomy and how you can use the software to generate questions for you is phenomenal. I’ve never thought about it that way, and it’s so intuitive.

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The doesn’t answer my question

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True

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Yes!! I am learning Turkish, I just gave that prompt to Chat GPT simply for Turkish vocab, grammar, syntax - brilliant! I'm gonna use that from now on! Thanks!

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fair enough, that view makes sense too

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​@@BrianOdedethx..it's always good to have a range of approaches.
I have always avoided using a calculator for example. Things that are easy can lead to atrophy, or to mainstream answers for everything.
Still I would not classify myself as average or overly normal.
☺️

Answer 7

Thanks for sharing.
My professor at Andrews University told this during our masters program:
“Get used to critique - at Bachelor’s degree we learn information, at Master’s degree we critique it and at PhD level we create information”. That was the moment I changed the settings of my mind’s thinking

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I always Wanted To Find About  Why People Try to do or supposed to do Bachelor Masters and PHd in this same manner , you answered that today thank you for ths Golden piece !

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Glad it was helpful! It has been 4 years I finished my Masters and the more I grow professionally, the more I realize the value I received from my master’s program.

Answer 8

I feel like the “higher levels” are reserved for those who are genuinely interested in and, ideally, PASSIONATE about what they’re learning. That comes from desire.

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Level 4 is just baseline ADHD lol.

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   not so happy you voiced that right when I shut down thoughts of neurodivergence

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​@thomaswinterburn6680  some people's minds seem to just always be running like that... I know folks who could be laying bricks lost in thought.

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Yeah, but you can easily achieve 1-4 if your education allows it

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more likely that persistency and IQ will do the job.

Answer 9

Most people make the mistake of seeing the Bloom's taxonomy as a method of studying, it is in a sense, but it is the way you apply it that actually gets you grades. The first thing people need to realize is that the taxonomy levels are not a staging system. If you are at level 6, you use the previous 5 levels at the same time. you don't apply them one at a time.

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Well said!

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I agree with the above. I would love to understand this taxonomy more. I personally desire level 6. Irl artificer of sorts, is a personal goal. I like the content. Good things to digest over. Hhmmm

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physical observation alone, it appears that the approach is the same. In reality, what’s going on in the individual’s mind makes all the difference

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in an ideal setting. I see where managers try level 6 with some knowledge. I do not see good results with this. Such is life, yes. I highly suspect there is a mindset of level 6 just as with level 5. I believe there is an eastern mindset in taking excellence in what you do. That is also true, if you are not making decisions, understanding what is happening at the top to learn about what I may encounter when I am in that position. At minimum it allows me to adjust myself to accommodate any changes with ease. All in preference to move fluidly and smooth in my job and help others accomplish theirs as needs fluctuate. Do I have a place in the business world? Probably not, but I find satisfaction.

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You can make a review for Kendall's and Marzano's taxonomy

Answer 10

My thing is if I can't teach it, I did not learn it. I love logic and math. End learning in general. Thank you for sharing.

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There are many things that I'm good at but I can't teach which is my weak point. Teachers don't even ask me anymore because they know I can't explain it in words but I do well on tests. It worked for me for a while but now in university as a second year student I realised that this is an issue I need to solve.

Answer 11

One of your best videos. Blooms taxonomy changed my work. Evaluating is Analyzing are THE things that made me increase my writing of papers and finish my master thesis.

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Hello! I am curious. How do you initially decide your claim? Do you start from an initial assumption? Are you doing a retrospective and identifying gaps to analyze? What guides your decision about what your claim will be?

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This thread is an interesting read. As someone that is no longer studying and not writing papers, I might have a vision that is a little bit out of touch. That caveat out of the way, I would like to say a lot of these steps seem like a 'brute force' method of trying to operate and perform at these higher levels. Is the creative writing process not also part of a more organic flow, allowing your brain to find the assumptions, connections and conclusions naturally as you follow the process?

Depending on how conscientious and organized you work they might really help, but I don't think these steps are necessary for a well written paper. It could help if the person writing is used to having a more 'helicopter-like' point of view, or the whole project can be easily compartmentalized into seperate pieces for ease of understanding and cohesion. I'm just worried that brute forcing your way through this will hinder the creative process, the flow or even the joy of writing itself.

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i definitely don't enjoy this part. I mostly agree with you that it kinda forces connections. But for everything else I tried, thats what worked best. Usually when I have a working hypothesis then I can start being more creative, have insights... but darn for me at least writing novel hypotheses demand all of my brain power.

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excellent question.  My claim is what interests me. My bias, what I wanna prove so I always start with something my guts tell me. Often this claim will be severely modified as I accumulate evidences.


Another way is that I read widely in the literature, reading reviews or meta analysis. After 5 to 10, I start getting a feeling of what an interesting approach might be.

Hope it helps

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Thanks for the response. In my comment I wasn't trying to imply some writing talent or superiority is necessary to work in a less structured or organic flow, I was mainly voicing my opinion that creative processes tend to succeed more in a state of flow. (as do processes that require intense concentration or precision)

Answer 12

I watched a ton of your videos and I can say without a doubt that If I were to ever advice ONLY ONE video about learning, this would be it, you just summarise your 4 years of contents creation into one video. Thanks again for the value and the work.

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Fucking agree

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I appreciate that!

Answer 13

As a psychologist I find this fascinating. Thank you for sharing.

Answer 14

I've never heard of Bloom's Taxonomy, but funnily enough, my reading teacher taught us critical thinking in a similar way using who, what, when, where, why, and how. It relates pretty well. What do you think?

Remembering

    Who: Identify key figures.
    What: Recall specific facts.
    When: Remember dates and timelines.
    Where: Recognize locations.

Understanding
    What: Explain ideas or concepts.
    Why: Clarify reasons or causes.
    How: Describe processes or mechanisms.

Applying
    How: Use information in new situations.

Analyzing

    Why: Investigate motives or causes.
    How: Break down information into components and understand their relationships.

Evaluating
    Why: Justify decisions or conclusions.
    What: Critique or compare different ideas or solutions.

Creating
    How: Formulate new ideas or projects.
    What: Construct new patterns or structures.

Also complete side note. What is your opinion on how an internal monologue affects higher thinking? (I've read some people don't have them?)

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There is also the internal monologue that between 30% to 50% of people don't have. I never stop talking to myself in my head to the point its sometimes an hindrance.

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I couldn’t believe there are people walking around who don’t have an internal monologue. I always wondered how they were able to think through things and arrive at certain answers.

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I do have an internal monologue, but talking to yourself isn't the only way to "think". You can visualize and make relations between ideas, feelings and sensations without "saying" a single word. That's how most people reach those eureka moments that feel like they came from nowhere. They didn't, you're still thinking, just in a more abstract way.

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, I think you should do a video on this approach too. Quite relatable and will help a lot of people too

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I came up with that w-question-method when I was in 7th grade. Many thought I was some sort of genius when I came up with different associations using this method finding different approaches to the material we learned back then. Can't remember what. LOL

Answer 15

Level 6 is when you enter your physics class, read the book and start writing your own formulas.

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level 10 is when you finally find the formula to ender the 4D space

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relatable

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At level 8 you start getting hungry for 9.

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Level 11 is when you BECOME the formula.

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❤❤❤

Answer 16

First time on this channel. I have to say, this has got to be one of the best videos I’ve ever watched in the past 5 years. And yes, I watch a lot of YouTube. Justin, you are amazing. Thank you. A new level of awareness in my brain has just been unlocked.

Answer 17

Never seen an educational channel express ideas like this before. I can relate because I am a research student and i went through this different levels of thinking independently starting from my time at high school. This is truly a unique and useful channel. Keep posting ❤️

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It's really strange that you haven't.
But, you are in the right channel.

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Can you walk us through how you're applying that for research? In a step by step way if possible.

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​@monsieurene3366  Hello, I'm not the person who posted that comment, but this is how I do it.  Level 4 (even 5) thinking is useful, esp when you're still compiling your literature review or your methodology - Which tools and framework, would be better suited to conclude your research thesis.
Level 5 thinking is very useful when you've analysed the primary source, made your arguments and substantiating why your arguments are valid.
Level 6 is somewhat uncommonas not all research leads to innovative solutions but you are working on developing a technique or tool or even an algorithm for accurately judging how space is perceived by the visually impaired, that's when level 6 comes to play. It requires an ammalgamation of critical thinking, analysis and imagination. Alternatively, one could argue that finding a novel area of research could also be a level 6 type of thinking, if I'm not wrong. Hope that helps.

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Glad it was helpful! Thanks for leaving a comment.

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Do you mean that you're doing a doctorate ? That's great !

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Maybe I’m wrong but most children think at level six before going to school and being told to regress to the boring first levels. All children are curious and by default learn to solve problems in their own way albeit small problems. Granted that we should always teach from level six even if newbies don’t know anything about the subject. It’s way more stimulating to start creating from the very beginning rather than acquiring new info without knowing what the point of the info is for. That’s why I think school destroys children’s way of thinking instead of teaching them how to think.

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Congratulations, you figured out that school was made to make factory workers, who can do a repetitive task without thinking for themselves about why they are doing it.

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ironically, you need level 6 people to create said better system, which could indicate the system need someone who didn't get molded through the process or someone outside the system to rework the system itself, except that the system is being kept intact as is due to people who need it to be the same as it has always been.

With the current system mostly finding its roots in the USA, which isn't united yet ironically on such a big scale that one could argue it still is, other countries have pretty much taken "inspiration" from it and made it the standard for the current system in place, pretty much worldwide. Given how slow and traditional societies are in general, if any change is bound to take place, it will either need a very proactive ruling system in the country you live in, or a big majority of schools in USA need to change, I can't see the 2nd thing happen anytime soon due to money incentives, so your best bet would be to get a government, ruling system which is proactive enough to flip the whole country's current school system on its head, which a traditional ruling body would likely not do due to what they consider traditions.

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you're assuming things I didn't state. Finland for example didn't revise their school system until their economy had a significant explosion in terms of wealth, which pressured the government to make their change to the school system, because more of the people entered the middle class and demanded better quality rather than quantity, which is a change that ultimately came to be due to money.

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Completely agree!!

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The fact that 90% of "studying" is done at lvl1 should be a hint.

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it's 90% at level 1 for level 1-2 knownledge like addition multiplication and stuff like that. You need them to know them to understand more complex stuff. When you reach higher education you are required level 3-4 and practice it daily which make attaining level 5-6 relatively easily during a career, thus becoming an expert.

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​@@menkaragamble8175 no that's not the level one thinking. Being aware of facts doesn't mean your understanding of them is just memorization. Don't kill the convo over a topic you're simply not interested in or have personally gotten bored of.

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​@@menkaragamble8175also I believe you'll notice level 5 is implied by the "factoid" itself if you have any background in history and economic theories from the 19th century

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Level 1 is still the most important, but perhaps a little more of other levels would be beneficial. You cannot analyze if cant bring first some facts to analyze.

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I think one of the things we need to do is not rely on institutions as much to provide the change. We have to do this as families or communities.

I used to rage and complain about how society wasn't doing the right thing to fix these issues and then I realized I could just die unhappy and nothing would change. So now I actively work to shape my kids and their thought processes through conversations and teachings. I try to teach them philosophies that are practical (such as pragmatism and radical Empiricism). I actively have them working on considering ethics. I point out to them the flaws inherent in the system and how they can overcome those flaws through their own actions.

I think it's going to take us working from the ground level up. Unfortunately I think the dumbification of the United States is both a byproduct of institutions teaching people this way and traditional families being suspicious of institutions and teaching their kids their own ignorance.

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That way of yours may change your own children for the better, but as far as nationwide/inter-nationwide impact, I can't expect many enough parents to be responsible enough to cause a change on such a scale, but lets say there would be, it would likely still take a couple generations to generate a change in the desired direction.

I suppose that AI is unfortunately the most likely thing that could cause a change sooner than that, which is honestly a little frightening as we are already starting to rely more and more on AI to teach people nowadays. Frankly said, I have no idea what kinda change it would bring about.

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your right. I agree that it would take several generations. We have to take a long term approach because I have no faith that those in power will change the system.

I don't expect other parents to do it but I think if we get enough of us to work together we can have a larger impact. We need to intentionally build up a new culture through our children and by working together.

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The system is already exists from Allah in the Quran society just needs to follow it

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The system is in the Quran created 1400 years ago, humanity just needs to follow it

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I believe to be a level 6 you have to know enough about a subject to create new ideas in it, not just to create ideas that are new for you. Children are constantly creating ideas that are new for themselves, but that are usually not new for that existing community on that subject. A child through trial and error could discover for themselves the butterfly method of multiplying fractions through trial and error, but it's not actually new. I think it is possible for someone to stumble onto something that is truly new though, even a child, but that would be seen as a fluke more so than a higher level of thinking. Thoug there are kids, like Young Sheldon, who do have a great deal of knowledge at a young age and so can create new ideas in a community. I'll never forget when he went to Germany though and he was humbled and found out he was behind most of his peers at the elite level, which is where you have to be to create new ideas.

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Totally agree with you. Parents don't believe me when I say this. I've been teaching for a long time, and have worked with all ages. The potential of the child is enormous for anything they take on, be it languages, music, or whatever.

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This was natural thinking to me, too, but he got me with his title, he did use the word, "Student."

So, he was being specifically honest about his context.

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I think you are spot on with this comment

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"Factoid" Like it isn't true, you're definitely indoctrinated

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What? Don't be silly

Answer 19

Trust me this is the most transparent way anyone has explained bloom's taxonomy. thank you for making this doctor.

Answer 20

At French high school there was every Friday a 4 hour test (3pm to 7pm), one week it was Math, he other Physics, but always 5 questions, two exercises and 3 problems, the 3rd problem was always like nothing you've seen before, but that you had enough different things' knowledge that in combination would be the key to solve it.

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I don't know how anyone enjoys French schools