{"id":6972,"date":"2018-08-12T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=6972"},"modified":"2018-08-11T12:31:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T18:31:08","slug":"worth-sharing-deliberate-practice-makes-perfect-how-to-become-an-expert-in-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/08\/12\/worth-sharing-deliberate-practice-makes-perfect-how-to-become-an-expert-in-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Sharing: (Deliberate) practice makes perfect: how to become an expert in anything"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6975\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Stroytime2-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Stroytime2-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Stroytime2.jpg 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u201cAppropriate practice is the single most neglected aspect of effective instruction.\u201d<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdavidmerrill.com\/Papers\/firstprinciplesbymerrill.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merrill, 2001<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>This is one of MANY reasons why gamification can be helpful in formal learning. We can reward practice. We SHOULD reward practice.<br \/>\nI used to think that we should never give out marks for &#8220;effort&#8221;.<br \/>\nWhile I still think that it should not be possible to pass a course just because you tried really hard, I <em><strong>DO<\/strong><\/em> think we should be rewarding students for things like<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>mastering each step in a series of progressively more challenging objectives<\/li>\n<li>submitting multiple versions of certain kinds of learning tasks<\/li>\n<li>participating in class<\/li>\n<li>reflecting on learning tasks after they are complete<\/li>\n<li>providing critical feedback<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ALL of these things are related to <strong>practice<\/strong>.<br \/>\nAnd <strong>practice<\/strong> is related to <strong>mastery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>From the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"d0c2\" class=\"graf graf--h3 graf-after--p\">The myths of\u00a0mastery<\/h3>\n<blockquote id=\"1b4f\" class=\"graf graf--pullquote graf-after--h3\"><p>How long does it take to become a master of your\u00a0craft?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote id=\"2491\" class=\"graf graf--pullquote graf-after--pullquote\"><p>Is talent something you\u2019re born with, or something you acquire through learning?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote id=\"4e95\" class=\"graf graf--pullquote graf-after--pullquote\"><p>And what do highly-skilled people do differently from the rest of us\u00a0mortals?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"7cc2\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--pullquote\">Researchers have been searching for answers to these questions for decades. And recently, they made a surprising discovery.<\/p>\n<p id=\"a2fa\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">The cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me?\u2014?or \u2018expert performers\u2019, as they\u2019re officially known?\u2014?all have something in common.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4f25\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">(And it\u2019s not 10,000 hours.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jotform.com\/blog\/become-an-expert\/\">(Deliberate) practice makes perfect: how to become an expert in anything<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-6972'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(6972);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(6972);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(6972);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\u201cAppropriate practice is the single most neglected aspect of effective instruction.\u201d (Merrill, 2001) This is one of MANY reasons why gamification can be helpful in formal learning. We can reward practice. We SHOULD reward practice. I used to think that &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/08\/12\/worth-sharing-deliberate-practice-makes-perfect-how-to-become-an-expert-in-anything\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,369,420,24],"tags":[175,41,389,126,387,393],"class_list":["post-6972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-higher-education","category-talent-development","category-teaching-learning","tag-doing-it-right","tag-education","tag-educational-technology","tag-gamification","tag-gamification-101","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1Os","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7699,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2024\/01\/22\/this-time-for-sure-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":6972,"position":0},"title":"Tackling Real-World Problems in Education Using Gamification (a.k.a. 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Here's an article that explains how to use Chore Wars to 'gamify your classroom\". 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Gamification is generally defined as the use of game design elements in non-game contexts. Fair enough. But this is pretty much where the article goes off the rails. (She's not alone). 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