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    "entry": {
      "id": "term-first-learning",
      "kind": "method",
      "kindLabel": "Method",
      "title": "Teach the term before the trick",
      "body": "A learner cannot evaluate a prompt, score a citation, or review a tool call if the vocabulary is foggy. Define the key terms first, then demonstrate the technique. The trick lands only after the words are stable.",
      "tag": "classroom",
      "date": "2026 · 06 · 30",
      "publishedAt": "2026-06-30",
      "note": "A shared glossary lowers the cost of every later explanation.",
      "insight": {
        "aha": "The vocabulary is part of the interface. If the term is unstable, the lesson is unstable.",
        "tryThis": "Start each teaching block by naming three terms students must understand before they watch the model behavior.",
        "watchFor": [
          "Students copying a workflow while using the key term differently",
          "Demos that rely on undefined platform language",
          "Definitions introduced only after confusion appears"
        ]
      },
      "extended": [
        "The fastest classroom failure is showing the advanced move while students are still guessing what the nouns mean. A prompt fixture, dry run, receipt, confidence bucket, and abstention branch each need a plain-language definition before the lesson begins.",
        "Use the Dictionary connection as a teaching move: introduce the term, point to the public definition surface, ask learners to predict the failure mode, and only then run the demonstration.",
        "This changes the instructor's job from explaining a magic trick to naming a repeatable mechanism. Once the term is stable, students can transfer it to a new model, tool, or workflow."
      ],
      "url": "https://tips.platphormnews.com/entries/term-first-learning"
    }
  }
}