Biases

Cognitive bias is a mental shortcut your brain uses to make judgments quickly and efficiently. It basically takes what you already know and uses it to fill in the blanks when encountering new information.

Fallacies

Cognitive fallacies are errors in thinking that can lead to illogical conclusions. They happen when our brains take shortcuts or make assumptions that aren't necessarily true.

Creative

Writing

Our students imagined and wrote interesting stories that utilized vocabulary words from a big “must know” list. At the same time, these stories illustrated and taught readers about some common cognitive biases and logical fallacies, information which is also increasingly important for the youth of today.

Experiments

After learning about some interesting and common biases and fallacies from previously established research, the students created and conducted their own experiments to see if the biases and fallacies are “real”.

Coding

While improving our logical thinking skills, we also practiced that through a variety of independent projects in programming. From using code to generate images of butterflies to making autonomous systems that can produce music, we continued to develop our coding abilities.

About

This program is an experimental education initiative training students in the cross-domain transferable skills and abilities that will be needed to face the uncertain and complex challenges of the future world.