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Learning needs a mixture of success and failure
If you're always successful, you won't know what to improve. If you always fail, you won't know what works.
We learn the quickest when the success rate is 85 percent.
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Optimal learning and a sweet spot for difficulty
Theories of optimal learning show that we learn best when it is not too easy and not too hard.
- The zone of proximal development states that we maximise learning when tasks are slightly beyond what we can do.
- The zone of learnability shows that ...
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How to apply the 85% rule
Imagine you're studying for a test by doing practice problems.
- An easy way to solve the problems would be with an open book and worked examples.
- The most difficult would be to work on novel problems with the book closed.
The 85% rule suggests that learning is best...
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Failures come just a step before success:
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When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to QUIT. That is exactly what the majority of men do.
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