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[curriculum-eval] 04-github-actions-intro.md: cognitive_load — 28 new concepts in a 5-minute intro

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
66/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github-actions, markdown
Domain
content, documentation

Research direction

The work is in workshop/04-github-actions-intro.md, in the Quick Refresher, Why This Matters, the "Label a sample workflow" exercise and the exploration task. Start by listing the terms introduced in those sections and separate the five labelled parts (trigger, job, runner, action, step) from the rest. Done means only those five terms are introduced inline, other terms move behind a link or a <details> block, the labelling exercise and the Checkpoint stay, and npx markdownlint-cli2 "**/*.md" passes.

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Description

curriculum documentation quality

File: workshop/04-github-actions-intro.md
Overall Score: 5.4 / 10.0 (corpus mean: 6.1)

Flagged Dimensions:

Dimension Score Benchmark Delta
cognitive_load 6.8 ≤ 15 concepts 28 concepts (+13)
active_learning 3.9 density ≥ 3 1.19

(missing_checkpoint dismissed: a 5-item checkpoint exists.)

Root Cause (≤ 2 sentences):
The page is titled "GitHub Actions in 5 Minutes" yet introduces 28 terms across Quick Refresher, Why This Matters, a labelling exercise and an exploration task.

Evidence (quoted from the file):

You labeled all five parts of the sample workflow above (trigger, job, runner, action, step)

Learning Science Rationale:
Working-memory limits (Cowan) and Cognitive Load Theory predict that more than ~15 new terms in one sitting hinder schema formation; Mayer's pre-training principle suggests naming only key terms first.

Improvement Prompt (for an agent):

Edit workshop/04-github-actions-intro.md: limit new vocabulary to the five labelled parts (trigger, job, runner, action, step), move other terms to a link or collapsed <details>, keep the "Label a sample workflow" exercise, and keep the Checkpoint. Run npx --yes markdownlint-cli2 "**/*.md".

Expected Score After Fix: 5.8 / 10.0 (before the regex fix)

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