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David Didau

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David Didau writes The Learning Spy, a personal blog at learningspy.co.uk. Since 2022, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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Why HN links it

HN readers link David Didau's post on whether easy or hard learning works better. One commenter cites it for the research view that struggle, not enjoyment, is what enables learning.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

What Hacker News says?

  1. The paradox is that if you are enjoying your lessons then you are not learning effectively "The research seems to suggest it’s the struggle that enables us to learn." https://learningspy.co.uk/learning/learning-easy-hard/

    Comment linking /learning/learning-easy-hard/

    on “Ask HN: What were your teachers like?”
  2. Submitted How helpful is Hattie and Donoghue's model of learning? (2017) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Knowing the Names of Things as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted When do novices become experts? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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