Learning and research¶
Readiness and care¶
Source literacy before independent inquiry; quantitative prerequisites before causal analysis
No human-subject research without appropriate ethics review and consent. Public data can still create privacy risks.
Librarian, domain researcher, statistician or ethics review body
Record sources, exclusions, uncertainty and reproducibility; do not reward unsupported certainty.
Information search & source ecology¶
Understand: search strategies; bibliographies; databases; primary/secondary sources; provenance
Judge: Use authority contextually; trace claims upstream
Practice: Build a source map for a contested question
Evidence: Search log + source genealogy
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- Testimony, social epistemology, objectivity & relativism
- Social Evidence, Interpretation & Comparative Method
- Metacognition, Calibration & Error Monitoring
Learning system design¶
Understand: baseline; retrieval; spacing; interleaving; feedback; retention
Judge: Choose study method based on target learning, not subjective fluency
Practice: Design a 6-week study program
Evidence: Delayed no-AI retest
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- Learning as a Measurable System
- Practice: Retrieval, Spacing, Interleaving & Feedback
- Integrated Self-Directed Mastery System
Quantitative and causal reasoning¶
Understand: statistics; uncertainty; confounding; experiments; causal diagrams; base rates
Judge: Match causal claim to design strength and uncertainty
Practice: Audit a public quantitative claim
Evidence: Reanalysis + causal critique
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Research design & inquiry¶
Understand: question formulation; operationalization; method choice; ethics; replication
Judge: Ask discriminating questions and know what evidence could change the conclusion
Practice: Design and execute a small research project
Evidence: Preregistered/declared plan + report
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- Metrology + experiments
- Social Evidence, Interpretation & Comparative Method
- Statistics + causal inference
Synthesis & knowledge architecture¶
Understand: concept maps; literature synthesis; contradictions; models; compression
Judge: Compress without erasing disagreement or uncertainty
Practice: Create a teachable synthesis across 10+ sources
Evidence: Synthesis map + adversarial review
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- Mental Models, Representation & Transfer
- Essay, Exposition, Definition & Criticism
- Data Visualization & Information Design
Teaching & mentorship¶
Understand: diagnosis; explanation; worked examples; practice; feedback; motivation
Judge: Teach the learner rather than perform expertise at them
Practice: Teach a novice and measure learning
Evidence: Pre/post evidence + lesson revision
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