This teacher-turned-cognitive scientist shared a disturbing reality that left the room stunned.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur kids are LESS cognitively capable than we were at their age.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every previous generation outperformed its parents since we began recording in the late 1800s.<\/p>\n
So, what happened?<\/p>\n
Screens.<\/p>\n
Dr. Jared Horvath explained:<\/p>\n
\u201cGen Z is the first generation in modern history to underperform us on basically every cognitive measure we have, from basic attention to memory, to literacy, to numeracy, to executive functioning, to EVEN GENERAL IQ, even though they go to more school than we did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo why? \u2026 The answer appears to be the tools we are using within schools to drive that learning (screens).\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you look at the data, once countries adopt digital technology widely in schools, performance goes down significantly, to the point where kids who use computers about five hours per day in school for learning purposes will score over two-thirds of a standard deviation LESS than kids who rarely or never touch tech at school. And that\u2019s across 80 countries.\u201d<\/p>\n
But screens aren\u2019t just decimating learning and making new generations less intelligent than the ones before them.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re doing something far worse. And when you take a closer look, it isn\u2019t pretty.<\/p>\n