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Educational psychology

learners allocate study time to items that are not yet learned but are close to being learned, rather than the hardest ones.

In educational psychology, region of proximal learning refers to learners allocate study time to items that are not yet learned but are close to being learned, rather than the hardest ones. This meaning comes from Metcalfe (2002) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.[1]

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Metcalfe, J. (2002). Is study time allocated selectively to a region of proximal learning? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 131(3), 349-363. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.131.3.349

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