ACT and SAT each have their own parts of the country. The GRE has its lock on graduate admissions. And so, one could blame the companies, but really, economically, they have no incentive to change things very much because they're…

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Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly,...

Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly,...

I've taught statistics, math courses and what I've found is that often if you teach...

I've taught statistics, math courses and what I've found is that often if you teach...

And so, you can do hundreds and hundreds of studies showing a general factor and...

And so, you can do hundreds and hundreds of studies showing a general factor and...

Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly,...

Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly,...

To the Kenyan families, school doesn't really matter because none of them are going on...

To the Kenyan families, school doesn't really matter because none of them are going on...

If you bore them to death and say, this hurts me more than it hurts...

If you bore them to death and say, this hurts me more than it hurts...

In other words, if a teacher only teaches in one way, then they conclude that...

In other words, if a teacher only teaches in one way, then they conclude that...

So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has...

So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has...

If there's going to be an SAT, it's probably practical to invest in a book...

If there's going to be an SAT, it's probably practical to invest in a book...

Well, first of all, we did lots of studies where we show practical intelligence doesn't...

Well, first of all, we did lots of studies where we show practical intelligence doesn't...

If you're not adapting to the very rapidly changing environment, if you can't think creatively,...

If you're not adapting to the very rapidly changing environment, if you can't think creatively,...

You can quickly go from having passion and love to passion and hate when an...

You can quickly go from having passion and love to passion and hate when an...

The three parts of the theory are analytical ability, the ability to analyze things to...

The three parts of the theory are analytical ability, the ability to analyze things to...

There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them.

There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them.

In other words, unlike some people with new theories, we will go out, we'll go...

In other words, unlike some people with new theories, we will go out, we'll go...

Well, I don't think that the SAT is a scam.

Well, I don't think that the SAT is a scam.

The problem is that there are very few technologies that essentially haven't changed for 60,...

The problem is that there are very few technologies that essentially haven't changed for 60,...

In other words, the better they did on the IQ test, the worse they did...

In other words, the better they did on the IQ test, the worse they did...

And if we don't have a test, what we may end up doing is going...

And if we don't have a test, what we may end up doing is going...

But what many psychologists have done, probably because they did well on a test themselves...

But what many psychologists have done, probably because they did well on a test themselves...