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Spandrels of the Mind: The Case Against Humanlike AI
AI tutoring will work when it stops pretending to be human
May 30
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The Death of the University Degree
Cognitive surrender, borrowed competence and the "vast counterfeiting of knowledge"
May 24
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Novels Tell Us Who We Are
Why great fiction can explain us better than we can explain ourselves
May 16
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Carl Hendrick
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Learning in the Age of Algorithmic Video
Are children learning anything from TikTok and YouTube?
May 8
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Carl Hendrick
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The Monthly Dispatch - What’s New in Learning Science - May 2026
New evidence on the limits of retrieval practice, phone bans that don't move test scores, ChatGPT as cognitive crutch, and why early vocabulary growth…
May 6
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Carl Hendrick
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April 2026
The Problem With Banning Social Media Is That It's Social
New evidence suggests teenagers will not log off until their friends do too
Apr 30
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Carl Hendrick
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Rethinking Retrieval Practice: Remembering Is Not Knowing
Retrieval practice works best as maintenance of meaningful learning, not its creation.
Apr 24
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Carl Hendrick
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The Monthly Dispatch - What’s New in Learning Science - April 2026
Retrieval practice under scrutiny, feedback's missing mechanism, AI that actually teaches, and the quiet erosion of cognitive effort
Apr 11
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Carl Hendrick
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March 2026
Orthographic Skeletons: Can Children Start Learning How Words Are Spelled Before They've Seen it in Print?
Why oral vocabulary predicts reading ability.
Mar 28
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Carl Hendrick
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Learning at the Edge of Understanding
Correct answers are a lagging indicator of learning, not the mechanism.
Mar 22
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Carl Hendrick
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AI Brain Fry, Workslop and the Ironies of Automation
The Cognitive Price of AI at Work, and the Learning Science Case for Optimism
Mar 14
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Carl Hendrick
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The Monthly Dispatch - What's New in Learning Science? - March 2026
New studies on retrieval practice, seductive details, engagement myths, reading instruction, and the cognitive costs of modern technology
Mar 8
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Carl Hendrick
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