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It’s Complex

In this post, Learning to Improve co-author Louis Gomez distinguishes between complicated and complex problems, and the differences in what is required to solve each kind of problem. This is the third in a series of blog posts highlighting the main ideas of Learning to Improve.

It’s Complex

August 4, 2015 | By Louis Gomez

Thanks to the world of social media, “it’s complicated” has become a phrase that describes all manner of challenges in the human condition. Whether the activity involved is painting a large and ornate room, with lots of corners and angles, or understanding how well the new math curriculum seems to be doing …. Read the full blog post here.

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