About this episode

Jared Cooney Horvath discusses the negative impact of technology on student learning and cognitive abilities.

Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD, cognitive neuroscientist, and author of “The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids’ Learning -- And How To Help Them Thrive Again,” drops a startling claim: today's kids are experiencing measurable declines in literacy, numeracy, critical thinking, working memory, and even IQ. His culprit? The very technology we've been told would revolutionize education.

People in this episode

Guest: Jared Cooney Horvath

Topics covered

• education technology
• student learning
• cognitive decline
• literacy
• numeracy
• critical thinking

Keywords

• EdTech
• cognitive neuroscience
• literacy decline
• numeracy decline
• critical thinking
• working memory
• IQ

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Books & works: The Digital Delusion: How EdTech Is Harming Student Learning

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