Are they better prepared for the AI-powered world than their professors?Continue reading on EduCreate »

(Here is Chapter 1 of the book, in draft form, about teacher Xu. He is a bit younger than my father. When the Cultural Revolution was started in 1966, they both participated: my father as a college student, he as a middle-schooler. To condense the fo...

(Here is Chapter 2 of the book, in draft form, about teacher Xu. His career path was unconventional, just as mine was, as described in my recent book “Unbalanced: Memoir of an Immigrant Math Teacher”. He has never learned math in school since 6th gra...

You didn’t abandon that study session because you were lazy, there’s moreContinue reading on EduCreate »

Photo by CDC on UnsplashIn traditional school systems, children aren’t rewarded for curiosity. When I was 8 I got scolded in front of an entire class and condemned that I should’ve known better simply because I asked a question about how to do a 2-st...

It’s probably not what you think.Continue reading on EduCreate »

A 5-part series on clear comprehension, its link to mindfulness and implications for teaching and learning mindfulness.Continue reading on EduCreate »

With better resources, colleges should be prepared to handle any student. They aren’t.Continue reading on EduCreate »

A computer science student can now generate a working function, a database query, a proof sketch, or a polished explanation in seconds. Yet many universities still assess as if the main challenge is producing the answer.That is the real disruption AI...

It’s Way More Effective Than “Thinking Positively”Continue reading on EduCreate »