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Dr. Stephen Kosslyn, Founding Dean and Chief Learning Officer of the Minerva Schools at KGI and co-author of "Building the Intentional University: Minerva and the Future of Higher Education," discusses:

• The two maxims of learning and some of their associated principles, as well as how you can apply them in your own life.
• The difference between learning, memory, and knowledge, and how to build upon each.
• How to define "critical thinking" and how to learn ways of thinking critically.
• Principles of the science of learning that are commonly overlooked and how to overcome them.

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Resources from Dr. Stephen Kosslyn:

• Minerva Schools at KGI
• "Building the Intentional University: Minerva and the Future of Higher Education"
• "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses"

Studies and research discussed:

• Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics | 2014 study
• Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses | Inside Higher Ed
• Tutors See Stereotypes and Gender Bias in SAT. Testers See None of the Above. | New York Times
• New Evidence of Racial Bias on SAT | Inside Higher Ed
• Stereotype Threat and the Intellectual Test Performance of African Americans | Claude M. Steele. Stanford University, 1995
• Stereotype Susceptibility: Identity Salience and Shifts in Quantitative Performance | Margaret Shih, Todd L. Pittinsky, Nalini Ambady, 1999
• Twenty Years of Stereotype Threat Research: A Review of Psychological Mediators | National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine
• "Cognitive Psychology: Mind And Brain"
• "Image and Brain: The Resolution of the Imagery Debate"

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