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learning

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incidental learning

incidental learning Incidental learning is learning that happens as a byproduct of doing a task rather than from being directly told to learn a particular strategy or shortcut.

Incidental learning is learning that happens as a byproduct of doing a task rather than from being directly told to learn a particular strategy or shortcut. In the source context, people discovered an unmentioned shortcut through practice and then decided whether to use it.