Comprehension Without Competence: Architectural Limits of LLMs in Symbolic Computation and Reasoning

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Comprehension Without Competence: Architectural Limits of LLMs in Symbolic Computation and Reasoning

Zheng Zhang

https://tmlr.infinite-conf.org/paper_pages/Gz5HMiJLqv

#metacognitive #comprehension #computational

Comprehension Without Competence: Architectural Limits of LLMs in Symbolic Computation and Reasoning

Zheng Zhang

Action editor: Gintare Dziugaite

https://openreview.net/forum?id=Gz5HMiJLqv

#metacognitive #comprehension #computational

1/ “Ethics-first” is a comfort slogan, not a theory of wisdom in STEM #education.
We argue you don’t need a moral “blueprint” before you can reason wisely in STEM contexts.
The bottleneck is often #metacognitive: noticing uncertainty, checking your frame, integrating other perspectives.

Amazing training session at St Paul's PS, Belfast! We explored deeper ways to use the #Metacognitive Visual Tools. The rainbow over the school summed it up: they are dedicated to bringing light & hope through powerful wholeschool #metacognition. A pleasure to partner with them!

If someone asked me what the prefix to a word was, even in high school (where I'm pretty sure they assumed we already knew all about prefixes, suffixes, and root words), I would have responded with confusion to an unfamiliar term.

I was never taught #cognitive or #metacognitive strategies.

The following four prompts help Ts understand learning needs & build Ss’ #metacognitive skills:

🤓 How do you typically study for a test or a quiz?
💪🏾 Describe a moment in school last year when you felt really engaged. Why do you think that moment was such a positive one for you?

5/7 #EduSky

Thinking Fast and Slow in Human and Machine Intelligence – Communications of the ACM

The #Metacognitive #Agent is crucial for 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, and 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, aiming for 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 that can handle diverse and complex problems.

Read more here:
cacm.acm.org/research/thi...

Awakari App

MIT researchers say using ChatGPT can rot your brain Although the truth is a little more complicated.

#AI #ChatGPT #cognitive #debt #metacognitive #laziness

Origin | Interest | Match

Book Review: ‘Teaching Hacks – Fixing Everyday Classroom Issues with Metacognition’ Edited by Nathan Burns - R.I.S.E. Magazine Teaching Hacks: Fixing Everyday Classroom Issues with Metacognition is a problem-solution book with each chapter written by a different education expert

Loved reviewing @mrmetacognition.bsky.social 's #Book, 'Teaching Hacks – Fixing Everyday Classroom Issues with Metacognition’ in #RISEEduMag, a comprehensive guide to using #Metacognitive strategies to tackle everyday classroom challenges. www.riseedumag.com/book-review-... @netsupport.bsky.social

Good morning learned people .. Dr Deming once said that we're fighting against the unknown unknowables . in my research I found the following quite interesting . Dunning-Kurger Effect. Just trying to be a good student

#dunning-kurgereffect #metacognitive #ineffectivepolitics #incompetent #politics

Teaching students #metacognitive #strategies is a gift that will serve them all their lives - not just in the classroom but everywhere. Reflective humans are more self-aware, #empathetic, and comfortable with being vulnerable. Seems like that would be a good skill set to promote these days.

Already available my webinar "Focusing interventions on #selfidentity and #metacognitive processes: A technology-enhanced proposal using #VirtualReality" presented at the SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH
Universitat de Barcelona EYME #psychotherapy #identity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpXR...

Intervention with strategic #metacognitive #training in a population of #elders with subjective #cognitive #decline | doi.org/10.4081/wpph... | #openaccess
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #science #cogsci #MedSky 🧪⚕️👨‍🎓🤯

Immersed in preparing my presentation, Focusing interventions on self-identity and #metacognitive processes, for the invited webinar of the SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH scheduled for the 4th. of February 2025, 18h.
@ub.edu @psicologiaub.bsky.social
#psychotherapy #identity #Virtualreality

Anyone want to be PhD buddies? I’m studying Ed Psych at #VirginiaTech. I hope to further our understanding of how teachers learn and employ #metacognitive learning strategies. First year, entirely overwhelmed, enthusiastic learner.

I am too cognitively overloaded to be #metacognitive

#cognitiveload #curriculumoverload #conceptformation #selfdeterminationtheory #selfregulation #MedEd

It’s important to teach Ss that #multitasking is a myth. Each time we do a different task, we switch rules; accuracy & productivity decrease; we waste previous space in working memory.

Be #metacognitive about ‘multitasking’ and manage distractions

x.com/JohncattUSA/st…

Just finished marking up #PowerfulTeaching by @PatriceBain1 @PoojaAgarwal

I love the clear examples from #realclassrooms and ideas that demo that #retrievalpractice is also a #metacognitive tool.

My favourite quote of the week: a Year 2 student explaining to another Year 2 student how to solve a problem: "You have to think first. Then you do it." Excellent #metacognitive strategy for learning and good advice generally. Thanks @GoldfinchPrmry

Some useful examples of #metacognitive strategies—questions before, during and after teaching, knowledge surveys—for older students from Barbara Millis @IDEAEducation

ideaedu.org/Portals/0/Uplo…

"Asking questions at home will help kids begin to use #metacognitive strategies in their schoolwork, too.

x.com/lifehacks4kids…

This is a really great, practical guide to a #standardsgrading approach in a math course, inspired by @joboaler . Love the self-assessment component to build #metacognitive awareness! 👍 twitter.com/andburnett123/status/972...

Success in math *necessarily* involves monitoring one's own work for mistakes. Need more #metacognitive teaching resources like these! twitter.com/BruzzeseKarina/status/97...