Practice the Way You'll Play

In this episode we explore what classrooms can learn from athletics and the performing arts about practice, performance, and real learning in the age of AI.Topics covered:Why exams often reveal gaps between AI-assisted performance and independent learningWhat music, athletics, and theater can teach academic classroomsTransfer-appropriate processing and why practice conditions matterThe difference between practicing for a test and building independent capacityHow AI can support learning without substituting for student thinkingSources:https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Levels-of-processing-versus-transfer-appropriate-Morris-Bransford/838410627202df92a6cf7b45277e1368aefbe98ahttps://www.sarahshihuiwong.com/post/think-first-chatgpt-later-wong-qiu-2026-educational-psychology-review\https://www.dailycal.org/news/campus/academics/failing-grades-soar-as-professors-see-greater-ai-usage-dwindling-math-skills-in-uc-berkeley/article_16fad0bf-02cb-4b8c-8d88-888ffd9f8608.html