Episode 053: Ending Average with Todd Rose

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• Intro to Todd Rose (00:22)
  • Episode with John Couch
  • WWII cockpit story
  • Episode with Natalie Wexler
  • Jagged profiles; Todd Rose’s TED Talk, The Myth of Average
  • Episode with Cornelius Minor
  • Dark Horse Characteristics
• When are averages useful, when are they harmful? (10:16)
• Staying away from snowflake mentality (13:01)
• Jagged Profiles (14:16)
• What strategies work for you? (19:17)
  • All performance is a combination of aptitude and strategy.
• Personality Tests (26:58)
• If-Then Signatures, Everything in Context (30:34)
  • Dr. Yuichi Shoda, University of Washington
  • The game of judgment
• Choice is the lifeblood of fulfillment (36:36)
• Ideal Classroom (39:45)
• Big data in Education (44:56)
• Takeaways (51:21)
  • Dan Willingham Tweet
  • Last episode about language with Mike Anderson
  • @VrainWaves on Twitter
  • ben@vrainwaves.com / becky@vrainwaves.com