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Use the 85% Rule for Sliding Difficulty

You are in the right ballpark when you are correct about 85% of the time. Less than that, and you are likely making the task too difficult, thus making learning less efficient (and more frustrating).

For skills with lumpier difficulty gradients, fine-tune the difficulty.

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