Intelligence is a defined and fixed capacity. Intelligence is learnable and potential and capacity for learning are inexhaustible and expanding. Learning should be credentialed by the amount of time spent acquiring information. Learning is credentialed by demonstrations of understanding, anytime. 5. The purpose of education is to acquire wisdom through the reflective and often slow exploration of essential questions.
Prior knowledge is unimportant and a detractor to future learning.
Prior learning is essential to future learning. Content segmentation is the more efficient and effective way to learn a discipline. Concept integration is the most meaningful way to understand the unity of knowledge. Competition and external rewards are the most powerful motivators to learning. Collaboration, interdependence, and internal rewards are more powerful motivators for learning.