This essay covers student learning, misconceptions, search engines, and AI, but first a story to set the context. Most every academic discipline has an organization dedicated to teaching, and I’m active in mine, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP). STP hosts a Facebook discussion group for teaching issues. Back in April, Alison Melley, an associate professor at George Mason, posted about an intriguing (and exasperating) experience. Alison teaches her students about effective study skills using my YouTube video resources. In the second video, I pose the following question:
