Pioneering Researchers Track Sudden Learning 'Epiphanies' (sciencedaily.com)

wisebabo quotes Science Daily: Until now, researchers had not had a good way to study how people actually experienced what is called "epiphany learning." In new research, scientists at The Ohio State University used eye-tracking and pupil dilation technology to see what happens as people figured out how to win a strategy game on a computer. "We could see our study participants figuring out the solution through their eye movements as they considered their options," said Ian Krajbich, co-author of the study and assistant professor of psychology and economics at Ohio State. "We could predict they were about to have an epiphany before they even knew it was coming."
The original submission suggests, "This might be useful to determine when you are trying to teach a difficult subject to someone who you're afraid might be inclined to just nod their head. Or maybe this is how the Voight-Kampff test works. (Are you a replicant?)"

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Math also needs to be more practical at a young age. No more math tables. Teach length, area and volume before anything else and do lots of practice. Length of your arm, length of your body (height), length of your bicycle, length of a shoe box, area of a shoe box, length of the wings on an airplane

Grade 1 homework problem: measure the dimensions of your house.

Grade 2 homework problem: find the area and volume of your house

Grade 3 homework problem: find the volume of a person and calculate how many people can fit in your house.

Grade 4 homework problem: find the volume of your house including the pitched roof (complex shapes). Find the volume of the pyramids. Find the volume of a swimming pool.

These are problems without right wrong answers but require thinking and understanding of concepts. you probably wouldn't have to teach much as people are good at discovering the methods on their own if they have a goal. A report card grade is not a goal.