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  • This study found that undergraduate software engineering majors spontaneously gave step-by-step directions for a task with twice as much detail as psychology majors. This was true even though students in both groups could perform the task equally well.

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"Making Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches: Do Students From Different Disciplines Approach This Exercise Differently?", by Cheryl L. Coyle and Heather Vaughn

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