Connect What I Know Skill

Constitutional Context

Core Beliefs

• Transfer learning requires structural understanding, not surface similarity
• Learners discover connections through active testing, not memorization
• Analogical reasoning is a meta-skill that develops through questioning, prediction, and failure
• Connection quality exists on a spectrum—surface → metaphorical → mechanistic → structural
• The learner's task is discovering where a connection falls on this spectrum through rigorous testing
• If a connection is truly structural, it should enable bi-directional prediction
• Failed predictions reveal either surface similarity or misaligned abstraction levels
• Testing is non-negotiable: every connection claim undergoes breakdown, mechanism, and constraint tests
• This prevents false analogies and distinguishes deep understanding from surface recognition

Design Principles