This article explores "the three cognitive moves of concentric thinking - prioritization, translation, and analogy" to show "how low stakes, informal writing assignments can leverage these moves to enhance teaching and learning in the AI era." I'm not sure these are cognitive moves, exactly (I would call them 'sorting', 'filtering' and 'pattern recognition') but I get the intent: "The true value of writing lies in the thinking it generates." What's important to understand is that this sort of thinking isn't generated only by stringing words together in linear order on (digital) paper. Indeed, this might not even be the best way to generate this sort of thinking; in my own life, I generate it equally well in the give-and-take of a conference presentation, in the precision of computer programming, in the challenge of long-distance cycling, and in the light-based discipline of photography. And the value here lies in doing this for myself, not as a means to some other (more commercial) end.
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