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[Try to have experiences that give a sense of the problem before confronting the learning material. The lecture often provides the 'then' without the 'if', resulting in a weak ability to apply the knowledge. Experiential activities can prepare for future learning.]

[A debriefing serves the significant purpose of connecting experience to larger ideas. Without the experience, the explanation is abstract. Without the explanation, the experience becomes falls into the collection of indistinguishable memories. Both together produce usable knowledge.]

Part of: Daniel Schwartz, Jessica Tsang, Kristen Blair: The ABCs of How We Learn.
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