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One of those desirable difficulties is known as the “generation effect.” Struggling to generate an answer on your own, even a wrong one, enhances subsequent learning. Socrates was apparently on to something when he forced pupils to generate answers rather than bestowing them. It requires the learner to intentionally sacrifice current performance for future benefit.
These famines lasted on average about ten months, and forced a quarter of the affected population to eat bark and grasses.
Energy and Civilization
Vaclav Smil
There must be a language that doesn’t depend on words, the boy thought. I’ve already had that experience with my sheep, and now it’s happening with people.
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
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