protégé effect

noun

The phenomenon that students who teach others learn at a better quality than students who don't teach.

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Meanings

nounthe protégé effect
  1. human sciencesThe phenomenon that students who teach others learn at a better quality than students who don't teach.
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “protégé effect,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9%20effect.

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