Some may not know that Bloom's 2-sigma effect size finding from the 80s on the impact of tutoring vs. classroom instruction hasn't really stood up to time: https://www.educationnext.org/two-sigma-tutoring-separating-science-fiction-from-science-fact/
As a test of Gemini 3, released today, I had it deep research the matter:
The 2 Sigma Paradox: A Forty-Year Retrospective on Educational Efficacy and the Automaton’s Promise
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BfKVbb6WohqH10o-xa1KudUA-fD9V_w23fYiDrQY9kc/edit?usp=sharing
NotebookLM summaries: https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/8f7769c2-a823-4283-ade2-efbac46683cd
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@dougholton What's the purpose of the Gemini 3-produced document? Is it for us to read and trust? Or for us to evaluate? If the latter, how should we evaluate it? Did *you* evaluate it? Was it trustworthy at both broad and fine scale of fact and interpretation?
@dougholton I feel like this article should be required reading, even broadly beyond education, because of how much this metaphor has dominated ed tech hype cycles since the 80s.
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