Interesting. I’m helping my son with some remedial work and this sounds like what is called the “frustration level” - 85-90% accuracy, more than one mistake in every ten words. The “instructional level” - reading to improve the skill of reading - is a bit lower at 90-95%, less than one mistake in every ten words. Computers certainly don’t experience frustration, and I don’t know if animals would in the studies mentioned - but in kids, it’s associated with giving up on a skill and taking a dislike to the whole thing. So there would have to be some investigation into whether working at this zone of optimal learning actually produced optimal outcomes in people.
Interesting. I’m helping my son with some remedial work and this sounds like what is called the “frustration level” - 85-90% accuracy, more than one mistake in every ten words. The “instructional level” - reading to improve the skill of reading - is a bit lower at 90-95%, less than one mistake in every ten words. Computers certainly don’t experience frustration, and I don’t know if animals would in the studies mentioned - but in kids, it’s associated with giving up on a skill and taking a dislike to the whole thing. So there would have to be some investigation into whether working at this zone of optimal learning actually produced optimal outcomes in people.