learningbydoing
nounUK /ˌlɜːnɪŋ baɪ ˈduːɪŋ/
US /ˌlɝːnɪŋ baɪ ˈduːɪŋ/
Learning by doing means you learn things by trying them yourself instead of just reading about them.
In science class, learning by doing helped us understand plants because we grew our own.
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2. A teaching method where students build or make things to understand ideas.
The teacher used learning by doing, so we built a small bridge out of sticks.
3. Getting better at a skill by practicing it many times.
Learning by doing made her better at riding a bike after many tries.
4. Figuring out how something works by taking it apart and putting it back together.
He fixed the toy clock through learning by doing.
5. A way of learning at work by actually doing the job with help from others.
New workers learn by doing during their first week on the job.