Do You Learn More by Struggling on Hard Problems?

Scott H. Young · 25 May 2022

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Both instruction and practice are necessary for learning, and which of them comes first matters less than having both.

Their wordsFor starters, it’s abundantly clear that both practice and instruction are necessary for effective learning.
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Pure discovery learning, in which students are never shown how, fails badly.

Their wordsPure discovery learning, where students are never shown instructions or examples, fails miserably.

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