A desirable difficulty is a learning task that requires a considerable but productive amount of effort, in a way that improves long-term retention and performance even though it makes learning feel harder in the moment. The UCLA psychologist Robert A. Bjork coined the term in 1994, describing it as a way of making learning more difficult in order to help students form stronger memory connections.
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Core Claima learning task that requires a considerable but desirable amount of effort, thereby improving long-term performance 1 First Described Year Classification
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1. Desirable difficulty - Wikipedia
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a learning task that requires a considerable but desirable amount of effort, thereby improving long-term performance
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The term was first coined by Robert A. Bjork in 1994
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