Computers may be getting a better education than students, according to one expert at Google.

Jonathan Rochelle, head of the product management team for Google’s education outreach arm, called Google for Education, says the techniques we use to teach our machines are far more effective at making them smarter than the methods we use to teach living, breathing students.

Whereas machines learn algorithms and systems for building knowledge, kids get facts and equations jammed down their throats, he says.

“We’re not teaching them how to learn,” Rochelle tells Business Insider.

Much of the science about learning suggests that Rochelle’s criticism is well-founded. Cognitive read more >>>

Source:: BusinessInsider.Com