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Resources for “Desirable Difficulties”

Here on the blog, we write a lot about desirable difficulties: that elusive middle ground where cognitive work is hard enough but not too hard.

Over at The Learning Scientists, they’ve got a handy list of resources to guide you through this idea more fully.

For an added benefit, the article begins with a brief criticism of the theory.

Enjoy!


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