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simonw 35 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Claude Fable is relentlessly proactive

I used to believe that was universally true, but then I learned about the "worked-example effect": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worked-example_effect

jplusequalt 34 days ago [–]

Your link mentions the expertise reversal effect where the redundancy of worked examples can actually hamper an experienced students abilities, vs. letting the more experienced student work it out for themselves.

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