The Journal

Research: Improving Test Scores Doesn't Equate to Improving Abstract Reasoning

A team of neuroscientists at MIT and other institutions has found that even when schools take instructional steps that help raise student scores on high-stakes tests, that influence doesn't translate ...
Futurism

DeepMind Created a Test to Measure an AI’s Ability to Reason

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. AI has gotten pretty good at completing specific tasks, but it’s still a long way from having general intelligence, the kind of all around smarts that would let AI navigate the ...
Sydney Morning Herald

Daniel wasn’t coached for his medical school test. But too many of his peers were

To gain entry to most medicine degrees, students must get a top ATAR, demonstrate emotional intelligence in an interview and score highly in the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT). Over the past ...
Newsweek

“Impossible” Logic Question in Job Application Sparks Fury

A seemingly intense "abstract reasoning" job assessment has gained traction online, with Reddit users finding themselves struggling to solve it. The task itself has sparked criticism over the use of ...