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“And I was stunned when cognitive psychologists I spoke with led me to an enormous and too often ignored body of work demonstrating that learning itself is best done slowly to accumulate lasting knowledge, even when that means performing poorly on tests of immediate progress. That is, the most effective learning looks inefficient; it looks like falling behind.”
— Jan 08, 2026 12:05PM
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Mallorie Dye
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“Learning deeply means learning slowly”
“For a given amount of material, learning I most efficient in the long run when it is really inefficient in the short run”
“Frustration is not a sign you are not learning, but ease is”
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“For a given amount of material, learning I most efficient in the long run when it is really inefficient in the short run”
“Frustration is not a sign you are not learning, but ease is”
Mallorie Dye
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“The struggle is real.” Those who have been given hints in their learning perform well on immediate recall, but in the long run they perform the worst. It’s the ones who struggled along the way to find the correct answer who performed the best in the long run (performing poorly initially).
— Jan 09, 2026 07:53PM
Mallorie Dye
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“College departments rush to develop students in a narrow specialty area, while failing to sharpen the tools of thinking that can serve them in every area.”
“They must be taught to think before being taught what to think about.”
— Jan 08, 2026 02:56PM
“They must be taught to think before being taught what to think about.”
