Research

The thinking behind the curriculum.

Short, sourced papers on the ideas that shape FaithCore Lab — anchored to research from leading universities. Every figure is verified against its primary source.

White paper

Critical Thinking in the Age of AI

Why the most valuable skill of the next decade is the one machines can’t outsource — and how a Christ-centered curriculum builds it. Draws on the MIT Media Lab’s “cognitive debt” study, Stanford’s research on evaluating online information, Harvard’s work on deeper learning, the OECD’s PISA data, and the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs report.

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Research brief · Teaching & Learning

Why Thinking Matters More Than Memorization

What the research on visible thinking means for Christian classrooms — and how FaithCore Lab builds it into every lesson. Anchored to Project Zero’s Visible Thinking framework and thinking-routines research, the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs report, and Stanford and MIT findings — with real assessment items and their written rationales reproduced from the curriculum.

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More papers in development — on emotional intelligence and character, the durable skills of the AI future, and why identity has to come before skills.