Huge, huge finding: across grade levels & subjects, students improve in academic performance at the same rate with each practice session The gap between good & bad students is initial knowledge, anyone can get mastery with practice (7 sessions on average) psyarxiv.com/pxsfh/
👀"Our evidence suggests that given favorable learning conditions for deliberate practice and given the learner invests effort in sufficient learning opportunities, indeed, anyone can learn anything they want." Deliberate practice is back!
@emollick "anyone can get mastery with practice" having just glanced at the graphs, it looks like initial low never catch up with the starting point of initial high, no matter how much opportunity the former has (x axis). So I don't see how this conclusion follows. What am I missing?
@emollick Fascinating! My takeaway: "giving learners well-designed practice opportunities with feedback" is the key to accelerated learning. Applies to any age and any endeavour.. practice does indeed make perfect.
@emollick Abstract is misleading. Better English description is ⬇️. (And see down thread to see the actual clips from paper that show this is the correct interpretation)
@emollick Abstract is misleading. Better English description is ⬇️. (And see down thread to see the actual clips from paper that show this is the correct interpretation)
@emollick I don’t get the meaning of „practice session“. What is considered here under this category???
@emollick The lines never converge. This is a religious proposition, not a scientific one.
@emollick I suspect that what you're calling "initial knowledge" might be a proxy for something else, but I'm curious what @PaoloShirasi thinks of this.
@emollick Some kids are just born knowing calculus.
@emollick If only the Saudis put some resources into their educational system… x.com/mikekimel/stat…
@emollick If only the Saudis put some resources into their educational system… x.com/mikekimel/stat…