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Re:Do "interesting details" really hurt learning? by rp on Saturday January 03, 2009 @04:41PM (#418704)
The counter-argument is as follows: what better subject group for a study about learning than a group immersed in learning activity (i.e., students)?
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Re:Do "interesting details" really hurt learning? by ahoyhere on Saturday January 03, 2009 @05:20PM (#418725)
rp, in theory, that makes sense. But I think there's a category error possibly at work. Hung out with many average (read: normal) college kids lately? :)
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