Interesting study showing that kids who seem to learn faster probably just had earlier exposure to the same content - although, like so much research in the field, "learning" is limited to knowing the right answer or how to solve a well-defined problem: https://is.gd/pXJJBS
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@alfiekohn since we are talking of rote learning (which is typically measured by assessment focused of factual knowledge), the finding seems to repeat to premise: yes, one memorises through repetition
