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Prioritize filling knowledge gaps that are adjacent…

Prioritize filling knowledge gaps that are adjacent to your densest clusters because these represent concepts within your zone of proximal development where learning will be most effective.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Expertise Through Deliberate Practice (expertise develops through deliberate practice), Expertise as Domain-Specific Schema Organization (expertise is organized schemas), and There exists a cognitive zone between what a learner… (zone of proximal development). The principle prescribes topological prioritization of learning. It's strategic and actionable.