Oops. I just wrote a post about how Duolingo doesn't give you any help for new words that it is introducing. While using the app today, I noticed that there are underlines on each of the words in the question. Upon clicking the underline, I saw that it tells you what each word means, even in questions for translation.
This changes the app a lot, in my mind. What am I even learning if I have the definition of each of the words right there? I'm not getting much by only learning the grammatical structure of the language. Before I understood how words are introduced in the app, that experience felt more compelling than open-book exercises.
I guess I can somewhat accomplish the same thing by resisting the urge to look up what the word means if I forget.
Anyways, just wanted to correct my mistake in the previous post. It's not that Duolingo didn't provide resources to get the answer. Instead, it's offering way too much.
Funny how this kind of forced memorization can actually be good for learning. Now I get why classes had tests. Sometimes, that really is the right way to force the right kind of learning.