From: Marc Hauser

From: Marc Hauser To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Re: follow up Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:07:36 +0000 can i count on you for the seed to get this going? it would help a lot. i of course appreciate your support. i am also sorry for this shit levied at you. -mare On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Jeffrey Epstein leevacation®gmail.com> wrote: > I am going off line tomorrow, for the summer„ we can resume in sept. try > to relax. i know what you are going through. its disgusting. > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Marc Hauser wrote: >> but it has to be based in the sciences of learning and plasticity. >> their problem is that they are not thinking about core cognitive » functions such as attention, working memory, problem solving, and >> self-control, and how each of these can be targeted and enhanced. that >> the curriculum is outdated is a fact. there are some interesting >> companies trying to breakout, such as Quest Atlantis. >> we will have to have this out! >> » -mare >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Jeffrey Epstein leevacation®gmail.com> » wrote: >> > this is what gates is currently doing. it is not very intersting. no >>> science , just expermiments in a western culture with an out dated >> > curriculum.. there are now thousands of hours of those tapes... >» BORING.. >> > can the material be seperate from the learning.. of course not.. >» learning >> > about food location is not the same as the norman conquest. » > >> > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Marc Hauser >» wrote: »» »» here's the model: »» »» One School: An online approach to solving a universal education problem »» »» »» I. Every parent wants their child to have the best possible »» education, to learn important things and to be able to use their »» knowledge as they move forward. I assume no one disagrees. »» 2. For any given content areas, there are great teachers all over this »» country. EFTA00915871 »» 3. The quality of a teacher interacts, however, with the type of »» learner. There are N different types of learners; the number is »>> greater than 1 and definitely less than 100. Some of the variation has »» to do with the modality in which an individual learns best (e.g., »» auditory, visual), and some with the abstract-concrete distinction. »» 4. Take a given area and find the best teachers in this area for the »>> particular grade level, and for each of the kinds of learning style. »» Video tape their lessons. »» 5. Now the innovation: for each lesson, imagine that there are »» critical branch points where the teachers asks the student a question »» about the material just delivered. There are, let's say, 5 different »» answers a child could give, and we have sampled the space sufficiently »» to know the most common errors. Depending on the student's answer, »» the video branches off into different lectures that capture the error »» and how to address it. Thus, each lecture is hierarchical. One path is »» for the kid who gets everything. Another is for a kid who stumbles on »» one part, but is fine with the others. The lecture therefore keeps »» branching at each juncture to address a problem, or gets back onto a »» track once a key issue is well understood. »» »>> With this model, schools function in a different way. They are places »» for socialization, for social activities, for emotional development. »» But with this model of education, we have One School that does all the »» teaching with the best teachers in the country for each core area of »» education. »» »» What this would require is accumulating evidence for each area for the »>> kinds of difficulties students have with material, so that the »» lectures can branch appropriately. And it would require recruitment of »>> the best teachers, creating a competition that would like bring out »» the best. »» »» »» »» On Tue, Jul 26,2011 at 7:38 AM, Marc Hauser cta »» wrote: »>» jeffrey »»> »>> > the stuff i am developing has the potential to go to charters as »>» well. »>» i want to develop software the can do online learning in a very »» > elegant way. Am attaching a sketch of the model. I agree about the »>> > mess in education, and many ideas to develop. But need a base to >> >> > create, and the resources to do it. »»> »»> the criminal angle is simply one hook to get some finding. but the »>> > more important point is that issues of self-control are predictive of »>>> academic achievement! low income kids have lower self-control and »>>> poor »>» academics. there are powerful techniques to improve self-control, but »>» they have yet to be elegantly developed and applied in the public »>> > domain. »»> »>» how do you propose we move forward? if you donate the funds to the EFTA00915872 >> >> > Center that is linked to the Penikese School, I can use to develop »»> these tools and then shop them to all sorts of educational arenas. »>» Teh »»> brain plasticity issue is red hot. Most are focused on working memory »>> > because of the application to alzheimer's. No one has really caught >> >> > on »>» yet to the self-control part, but it is ripe for developing »>>> applications. I just need the resources to bring the relevant players >> >> > on board and make this happen. » » > »>» thoughts? » » > »>> > mare » » > » » > >> >> > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Jeffrey Epstein »» > <jeevacation®gmail.com> »>» wrote: »»>> I think your better place and future is with all the money now »»» wasted » » » on >> >> >> charter schools.. you can posit that individivalss have different »»» learning »»>> methods. these methods MUST be front and center , so one is not »»» attempting >> >> >> to insert Apple software in to Pc hardware. tough example, I >> >> >> belive »»» afro »»» american learn kinestically, . if you let them jump around the »»» class. »»» they »»>> will do better.. the first thing we do is tell them to sit in one »>>» place » >> >> and »»» listen.. you can deal with the gender diffemces in math learning. >> >> >> STAY »»>> away from criminal work. It will be bad for you. I cannot do that as »»» a >> >> >> test... no amount is carved out by definition , but it is totally up » » » to >> >> >> you >> >> >> tonegotiate terms and condititions. » » » >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Marc Hauser »>>» wrote: » » >» >> >> >>> dear jeffrey » » >» »» >>> thanks for thinking about how to help. i am considering two >> >> >>> non-profits, one the school that i mentioned where there is a »» >>> possibility of creating a center for cognitive enhancement and >> >> >>> brain »»>» plasticity. here is the link to their donation site: >> >> >>> http://www.penikese.org/donate/ways-to-give/ EFTA00915873 » » »» >» would this work? » » >> >> >>> here are a few questions: >> >> >>> 1. could you do 75k or 100k? with this amount, we could really »» >» develop »» >>> the tools to have a suite of tasks targeting specific aspects of >> >> >>> brain »»>» plasticity and enhancement, with elegant interfaces. >> >> >>> 2. would you set up the so-to-speak constraints, that the funds be >> >> >>> targeted specifically for the work i wish to do, or would this come »» »> from me? »» >>> 3. do you imagine carving off some amount of the contribution to »»»>the »» >>> place itself so that they feel as if they are getting something as »» >>> well? of course, they are getting something potentially big with »»»>the »» >» program i am bringing, but .... » » »» >>> i am meeting with the other organization this friday and will have » » >» a »» >» better sense then. » » >> >> >>> here is the basic idea, insight, and approach. »» >>> Brain plasticity, self-control, and the reduction of career >> >> >>> criminals » » >> >> >>> 1. career criminals cost society $1-2 million dollars each. »» >>> 2. career criminals reveal signature of self-control problem: >> >> >>> repeated offenses despite punishments, interventions, etc. »» >>> Self-control problems are the single best predictor of career >> >> >>> criminals >> >> >>> 3. capacity for self-control matures over development; youths have »» >>> best shot of change due to neural plasticity »» >>> 4. if we can prevent youth crimes or arrest recidivism, massive >> >> >>> savings; this is an international problem, so there is opportunity »» »> for »» >» work abroad as well. >> >> >>> 5. early assessments of self-control are highly predictive of >> >> >>> future »» >>> delinquency >> >> >>> 6, self-control as an exhaustible short term resource... like fast »» >» twitch muscles >> >> >>> 7. self-control like long term slow muscle for strength and »» >>> support »» >» and can be strengthened >> >> >>> 8. we have powerfully reliable and predictive assessment tools for >> >> >>> self-control >> >> >>> 9. we have a rich set of tasks that can improve self-control, >> >> >>> specifically targeting brain plasticity and mechanisms for »»>» inhibitory »» >>> regulation. » » » » EFTA00915874 >> >> >>> Put 1-9 together and we have a model for both early prevention of »» >>> crimes as well as for reducing recidivism. » » >> >> >>> Goal: to develop more sophisticated, computer-based tools to assess >> >> >>> and intervene on self-control and reduce crime, especially the »» >>> number »» >>> of career criminals that cost society millions of dollars. » » >> >> >>> best, » » >> >> >>> marc » » » » » » » » » »»» -- >> >> >>. *********************************************************** »»>> The information contained in this communication is >> >> >> confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may >> >> >> constitute inside information, and is intended only for »»» the use of the addressee. 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