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Research-backed, actionable articles on AI at work, endurance training and how people learn. Every claim has a source.

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Sep 10, 2026·5 min read·learning / training

0.46 SD more learning, 0.56 SD worse ratings: fix your feedback form

Harvard physics students learned more in the classes they rated lower. Six studies on why satisfaction scores miss learning, and a feedback form that does not.

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Sep 6, 2026·5 min read·learning / training

Fail the quiz first: pretesting beats extra reading time

Guessing before you study beat extra reading in all 5 founding experiments and 97 later ones. Eight papers on pretesting, where it stops working, and a protocol.

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Sep 1, 2026·5 min read·learning / training

61% versus 38%: why mixing practice beats drilling one skill

Students who mixed problem types scored 61% against 38% for blocked practice. Eight studies on interleaving, where it fails, and how to rebuild a practice set.

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Aug 29, 2026·4 min read·learning / training

90% of your training evaporates: the 2 techniques that fix it

A century of memory research: people forget most of a training within days. Retrieval practice and spacing are the two proven fixes, with numbers and a protocol.

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