The Return of the Voice of Cold, Hard Truth to All Would-Be Educators

Bryan Caplan

By Bryan Caplan, Aug 22 2011

More golden advice from Douglas Detterman:

[I]f you want people to learn something, teach it to them. Don’t teach them something else and expect them to figure out what you really want them to do.

From “The Case for the Prosecution: Transfer as Epiphenomenon” in Transfer on Trial.

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So I used the Health Care Options Directory on the same government website.This allows you to plug in your postal code and find all family doctors listed within a certain radius. It is a particularly soul-destroying experience. The opening page lists no names or phone numbers, just the number of doctors at each addres...

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The Return of the Voice of Cold, Hard Truth to All...

Bryan Caplan

More golden advice from Douglas Detterman:[I]f you want people to learn something, teach it to them. Don't teach them something else and expect them to figure out what you really want them to do.From "The Case for the Prosecution: Transfer as Epiphenomenon" in Transfer on Trial.

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