Learning by Association in Plants (2016)

This is VERY interesting research.

I'm in the process of testing out a new, faster way of teaching programming that uses an associative method called 'constructivism'.

Instead of assuming no similar knowledge when teaching a new language or framework, we try to leverage the knowledge of similar languages and frameworks that you already have to build a new knowledge structure, and ultimately teach faster.

I expand on this idea more here: https://fromtoschool.com/why-most-programming-tutorials-are-...

The lead author (Monica Gagliano) has a super interesting talk here: https://youtu.be/SZFKon7kook