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A Learners’ View (ALV) is the Straightest and Fastest Path with the Least Number of Steps to Learning, the Oxygen Of Social Life. What is a Wish List Lesson (WLL)?A wish list lesson (WLL) consists of more speculation about the process, content, and results from a lesson than application of ALV (based on probabilities of choices learners will likely make while learning). A WLL relies more on folklore about education than grounded in research descriptions of learning and choices learners likely make while learning. Teachers who use a WLL appear to rely more on the chance that their personal willingness works for others to learn than on technical-scientific skills. A WLL contrasts with a 1.0 lesson as black contrasts with white. Wish list lessons arguably contribute to a Gaussian Curve distribution of learning from lessons in schools as well as to the existence of special education in schools. WLLs appear to be the default lesson in schools, most notably in those schools whose students perform below state academic standards. An antidote to a wish list lesson is for teachers to apply principles of learning grounded in experimental behavioral research. ALV provides one approach to the application of grounded research descriptions of choices learners make while learning. Related Reading
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