learning_method

free curiosity

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description
A method of learning driven by intrinsic interest and voluntary exploration, which the narrator found more effective than coercive methods, as seen in his learning of Latin.
effectiveness
more force in our learning
nature
spontaneous

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  • is more effective thanFrightful Enforcement
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    The narrator concludes that intrinsic interest and free curiosity are more powerful motivators for learning than coercive methods involving threats and punishments.
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    a free curiosity has more force in our learning these things, than a frightful enforcement
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