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Readiness is important in learning because:

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It prepares children for effective acquisition

Readiness, one of Thorndike's laws of learning, refers to a state of physical and mental preparedness that makes a child receptive to new learning.

Delaying progress, lowering intelligence, and halting practice describe the opposite of what readiness achieves, so these do not represent its role.

Because a ready child can grasp and retain new material far more effectively, readiness prepares children for effective acquisition of learning.

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