Gen Z Scores Lower on Standardized Tests Than Millennials, Despite More Tech — 'The Smarter They Think They Are, The Dumber They Actually Are'
Gen Z is the first generation to grow up with Wi-Fi in the classroom and a screen within arm's reach from kindergarten onward. Millennials, by contrast, remember overhead projectors, paper textbooks and computer labs that had to be booked in advance.The expectation was simple. More technology would mean smarter students. Faster research. Better outcomes.But the data suggests the opposite may be happening, according to neuroscientist and educator Jared Cooney Horvath.In written testimony to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee in January, Horvath warned that "the cognitive development of children across much of the developed world has stalled and, in many domains, reversed."Don't Miss:From Moxy Hotels to $12B in Real Estate — The Firm Behind NYC's Trendiest Properties Is Letting Individual Investors In.Explore the Fire-Safe Energy Storage Company With $185M in Contracted RevenueFor most of the 20th century, cognitive performance steadily improved across generations, largely due to expanded access to formal education and improved instructional quality. According to Horvath, that upward trend began flattening in the mid-2000s before reversing in many Western nations.What distinguishes today's classrooms from those of prior generations, he wrote, is "the rapid and largely unregulated expansion of educational technology."In an interview with the New York Post, Horvath translated that shift into generational terms."They're the first generation in modern history to score lower on standardized academic tests than the one before it," ...Full story available on Benzinga.com
