[oliverbennett]

I was never a fan of this genre as a kid, but recently attended a launch event for a choose your own adventure book about change management, of all things - https://www.change-ninja.com/

Maybe part of the charm came from the novelty of the approach to the material, but I really got into it and 'cheating' felt more like learning. It got me wondering if the genre has legs outside of pure entertainment/fiction.

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I first learned basic algebra from a cyoa-style book. It would introduce a concept, then give a sample problem, and depending upon what you thought the answer was, either advance, direct to content clarifying common misconceptions, or just restart.

Somewhat like The Little Schemer, but in larger chunks.