The pivot penalty in research - Nature An analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents reveals a ‘pivot penalty’ when researchers shift direction, with the impact of studies decreasing rapidly the further they move from their previous work.

Nature research paper: The pivot penalty in research

https://go.nature.com/4dDz2bL

How Talented Students Fared During and After the Pandemic Two recent studies published in "Gifted Child Quarterly," the leading journal in gifted education, examined how talented students fared during and after the pandemic.

How talented students fared during and after the pandemic: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/find...

I call this "bird in grass"

Shifting research focus comes with the risk of reduced impact An analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents shows that the further a researcher or inventor moves from their previous work, the less cited their latest work will be.

The further a researcher or inventor moves from their previous work, the less cited their latest work will be

https://go.nature.com/44VjEW9

With Ban On International Students, Harvard Forced To Begin Accepting Students From Ohio CAMBRIDGE, MA — With the Trump administration banning Harvard University from taking international students, the school was forced to begin accepting students from Ohio.

"I can't believe I'm doing this," said Harvard Dean of Admissions Phil Donahue. "I never thought we would fall so far. I've spent my entire life trying to never even speak to someone from Ohio, babylonbee.com/news/with-ba...

The next best way to teach and learn - a review of Anne Trumbore's "The teacher in the machine" - is my latest for Science: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A New Yorker cartoon by Tom Toro

How Did Taylor Swift Become Successful? A new book by Kevin Evers explores the unique qualities of Taylor Swift and how they led to her rise to the top.

“Swifts strategies and songwriting reflect her nuanced understanding of the job her fans, particularly girls and young women, hire her to do: help articulate their feelings and validate who they are" www.forbes.com/sites/jonath...

How Did Bill Gates Become Successful? Gates was clearly a mathematically precocious youth who loved to code, could hyperfocus, had crazy energy, and was intent on being the best.

Bill Gates was a math talented gifted kid who could hyperfocus, picture code, had early business interests, and was willing to work crazy hours to achieve his goals. He was also lucky. www.forbes.com/sites/jonath...

Keeper of the plains, Wichita

Department of Education Reform Faculty, Student Earn Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Awards Sarah McKenzie, Jonathan Wai, Ashley Rieske and Dustin Seaton earned awards for their commitment and contributions to gifted and talented education in the state.

Honored to be recognized along with my colleagues: news.uark.edu/articles/771...

Our editorial team - led by Jennifer Cross - has a new call for proposals for special issue of Gifted Child Quarterly seeking highly replicated findings from fields outside gifted, including sociology, economics, biology, political science, etc. nagc.org/resource/res...

"The moral qualities-prudence, foresight, intelligence, penetration, wisdom-of statesmen and nations have not kept pace [with the] rapidity of communication by telegraph and telephone...These latter leave no time for reflection or consultation." -Ernest Satow, 1917

DOGE comes for the data wonks
www.economist.com/united-state...

"Working in a garment factory...was a suitable preparation for the rest of life. You're assigned to sit at a station, and you do the work that's handed to you, and everyone around you is doing the same thing. We make the best of the materials we're given." Leslie T Chang

David Lohman, who recently passed, was a giant in spatial reasoning, identification, and gifted education, and someone whose work I have tried to build on. His student @jlakin.bsky.social has kept an archive of his key works: www.jonilakin.net/lohman-archive

Chesterton's fence.

Thanks. Had to get it out there

I wrote a piece called "The secret life of Reviewer 2"

Test your spatial superintelligence:
www.economist.com/business/202...

The Harvard Effect A new study of over 26,000 influential U.S. people shows that a disproportionate number of them attended Harvard University.

The Harvard Effect: www.forbes.com/sites/jonath... @cfchabris.bsky.social

Does Policy Translate into Equity? The Association between Universal Advanced Placement Access, Student Enrollment, and Outcomes - Andy Parra-Martinez, Rian Rinaldi Djita, Jonathan Wai, Sarah McKenzi... Participating in advanced placement (AP) can improve high school students’ cognitive and noncognitive outcomes. Despite nationwide efforts, including Arkansas's...

New paper just published examining the AP universal access policy in Arkansas! w/Andy Parra Martinez, Rian Djita, and Sarah McKenzie
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Congrats to lab members Andy, Miranda, and Al Mansor Helal on their research on talent and mental health

This is true for the writing of scientific papers and really all areas of expertise development: marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...

C.S Lewis on reading old books