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How time pressure discriminates against deliberate processors

My daughter processes everything slowly but deeply and gets penalized on timed tests even though her answers are more thoughtful than faster students.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The equation of speed with intelligence fails to recognize the value of careful, thorough thinking patterns.

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