Peak Ch. 9

Question 1

Wieman et al. UBC study

Answer 1

implemented a deliberate practice intervention in a first-year physics course at UBC and found an improvement of 2.5 standard deviations, making it the largest-ever effect size observed for an educational intervention

Question 2

how can deliberate practice improve expert performance?

Answer 2

focusing on individualized training and assessing athletes’ mental representations

Question 3

how can deliberate practice revolutionize education?

Answer 3

• pedagogical
• helping children develop better mental representations

Question 4

pedagogical benefits of deliberate practice

Answer 4

it focuses on developing skills, creating mental representations, using specific learning objectives, and providing feedback

Question 5

mental representation benefits of deliberate practice

Answer 5

this allows one to explore the skill on their own and understand what is possible

Question 6

steps for implementing deliberate practice in the classroom

Answer 6

1. Identify skill-based objectives
2. Understand as much as possible about the mental representations of experts in the field
3. Help students develop similar mental representations by teaching the skill step-by-step and getting kids out of their comfort zone, but not too far
4. Give plenty of repetition and feedback

Question 7

developing deliberate practice across fields

Answer 7

• We need to give people the tools to harness adaptability and develop deliberate practice in their field
• We don’t know what constitutes deliberate practice in all fields, so more research is needed

Question 8

benefits of deliberate practice

Answer 8

Deliberate practice can have many societal and personal benefits (ex. Sense of satisfaction, more experts across domains)

Question 9

homo exercens

Answer 9

• Means the practicing man
• Our ability to practice is what sets us apart from other species

Question 10

who will benefit the most from deliberate practice?

Answer 10

the generations to come