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[curriculum-eval] side-quest-01-02-environment-reference.md: cognitive_load — 1,433-word passive glossary, activity density 0.63

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
git, github
Domain
content, documentation

Research direction

Start with workshop/side-quest-01-02-environment-reference.md, where the glossary and the 'Conceptual screenshots' section sit between the Before You Start and Checkpoint sections, and check the 800-word target against its roughly 1,433 words. Split it into two linked pages, add a runnable gh --version and git --version step with expected output to each tool entry, and update workshop/README.md if a file is added. Done when each page is under 800 words, the checkpoint sections are kept, and npx --yes markdownlint-cli2 "**/*.md" passes.

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Description

curriculum documentation quality

File: workshop/side-quest-01-02-environment-reference.md
Overall Score: 4.93 / 10.0 (corpus mean: 6.09)

Flagged Dimensions:

Dimension Score Benchmark Delta
cognitive_load 6.3 10 (<= 800 words) -3.7 (1433 words, 17 concepts)
active_learning 2.1 10 (density >= 3) -7.9 (density 0.63)

The flagged missing_checkpoint was dismissed: the file has a 7-item checkpoint; this is a rubric regex bug (see the checkpoint regex issue).

Root Cause (<= 2 sentences):
The page is a ~1,400-word glossary plus a long "Conceptual screenshots" section (lines 54-155) with only 2 code blocks, so it is mostly passive reading. Concepts are listed together without interleaved tasks.

Evidence (quoted from the file):

Environment and tool glossary ... ## Conceptual screenshots

Learning Science Rationale:
Sweller's Cognitive Load Theory predicts that long, undifferentiated reference text raises extraneous load, and the testing effect says short retrieval tasks beat re-reading. Splitting the glossary and adding small verify-it commands lowers load and raises engagement.

Improvement Prompt (for an agent):

Edit workshop/side-quest-01-02-environment-reference.md: split it so each page is <= 800 words (for example glossary vs. conceptual screenshots, linked to each other), keep the Before You Start and :white_check_mark: Checkpoint sections, and add a short runnable command per tool (gh --version, git --version) with expected output. Use second person, update workshop/README.md if a file is added, and run npx --yes markdownlint-cli2 "**/*.md".

Expected Score After Fix: 6.5 / 10.0 (about 8.5 after the checkpoint regex fix)

Generated by 🔬 Curriculum Quality Evaluator · copilot · auto · 27.2 AIC · ⌖ 0.785 AIC · ⊞ 10.5K · ◷

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