Austin Scholar
@AustinScholar
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Stanford student learning without teachers. Writing about education & how to help your kid thrive. I tell you what your kid thinks so you don't have to guess.
Austin, TX
Joined December 2021
Harvard says AI tutors are better than Harvard professors. The students who used an AI tutor in a Harvard physics class (instead of the professor’s teaching) learned more than 2X as much. The best part? They did it in less time and were more motivated and engaged.
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Our education system is failing our kids. We deserve better. Our kids deserve better.
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We are in an educational crisis. Less than 28% of students in Illinois are proficient in math. 28%. We are setting our kids up for failure in a world more uncertain than ever. Something needs to change. Want to hear my solution? Subscribe to my newsletter. Link in bio.
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RT @AustinScholar: Going to Stanford convinced me that kids can learn better with AI apps than with teachers. Why? Here are my 3 reasons:…
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I have enjoyed my education at Stanford so far and I know I’m incredibly lucky to be at such an institution, but I do have to say that online apps remain my favorite way to learn. If you want to learn which online apps your kid can use, check out my newsletter:
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During my math class, for example, there were people who didn’t fully understand integration by parts and had a multitude of questions surrounding this idea. But this was not the point of our lesson – we were instead learning about finding integrals to infinity.
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2. Content is not adaptive It is a fact that every single person in a classroom has a different knowledge base and has different gaps in their learning. Thus, it is impossible to effectively teach every student.
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On the other hand, with apps, education is standardized. Every student gets the same high quality explanation of concepts and the same level of intensity in grading. Every student is given the same chance to succeed in the class.
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The TA for my math class said that a lot of the grading of our exams depends on the mood of the TA who’s grading our paper. What? Why should my success in a class depend on whether the person grading my paper had a good day or not?
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Going to Stanford convinced me that kids can learn better with AI apps than with teachers. Why? Here are my 3 reasons: 1. Your success in a class should not depend on your teacher
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