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littlemissmartypants

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3. If the parents were

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 12:19 AM

Jul 25

Actually doing the schooling, maybe.

Usually there are canned curriculum packages bought online and the kids sit in front of a computer for a majority of their "instructional time" alone.

Maybe they interact with online teachers. Maybe they go outside on "field trips" or join a sports team at a regular school for socialization. Maybe.

My impression is that the brain is so malleable that it stands to reason that intense experiential learning is critical for the development of executive functions.

One can't learn what one isn't exposed to on some level, no matter how basic.

It's like MLL in AI programming. Algorithms are only going to produce outcomes commensurate with the quality of the input.

It reminds me of the phrase, "garbage in, garbage out."

But that's just my perspective.

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Executive function may stem from schooling rather than innate cognition [View all] erronis Jul 23 OP

Interesting, but not unexpected. Thanks. littlemissmartypants Jul 23 #1

It would be unexpected to millions of homeschooler parents. nt pnwmom Jul 24 #2

If the parents were littlemissmartypants Jul 25 #3

Essentially, executive function develops along the lines of its training. Jim__ Jul 25 #4