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American IQ scores have rapidly dropped, proving the 'Reverse Flynn effect'

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256 points hirundo | 1 comments | 10 Apr 23 13:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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iamerroragent ◴[10 Apr 23 13:20 UTC] No.35511931[source]▶
They say scores in spatial reasoning went up while analogies, vocabulary, and numerical reasoning declined.

Hmmm I wonder if an increase use of videogames paired with a decrease in the amount of time parents can spend communicating with their children might be related.

Note that over the last 30 years it's vastly transitioned from one parent staying home raising children to both parents working.

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1. ForestCritter ◴[11 Apr 23 02:45 UTC] No.35520123[source]▶
Plus the focus on teaching for the test and the move away from critical thinking in schools. I had to teach critical thinking myself to my kids and also how to research and cross reference. I have two sets of encyclopedias and a pile of other reference books and showed them how to use them. What they teach in schools now is vastly different from when I went to school. Public education has gone from teaching critical thinking and problem solving to group thinking, homogenizing and memorizing the 'correct' answers, no understanding required.