Journal: Deliberate Practice (2 Pages). Define Deliberate

If we go way back to 1879, we can take a look at one of the most iconic examples in history of how repeated attempts, or practices, if you will, led to one of the greatest inventions in history: the invention of the light bulb. This highly respected inventor, Thomas Edison, once said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas Edison certainly had his extreme amounts of practice in while trying to develop the perfect concoction to complete the light bulb. It is estimated that he tried more than 3,000 different ways to invent the light bulb, before he found the one that worked. I don’t have exact numbers here, but I would say that he got in his 10,000 hours of practice. Instead of letting his mistakes hold him back, letting them drag him down, letting them cause him to quit, he used them to help get him where he wanted to be. He learned what he should and shouldn’t do each time, and with all this practice of trying to create a light bulb, he ends up inventing the same thing that caused him so many long and hard hours of practice. Another example of how the mistakes you can learn from and fix through practice to come out on top is the story of another Olympics gymnast known as Aly Raisman. In the

Homer’s Iliad verse “Ever to Excel” is one that demonstrates the importance of constantly pushing yourself for greater achievements, even when your current standing seems sufficient. Testing your limits does not simply entail joining a new group, or aimlessly trying to do as many things as possible. To surpass oneself demands structured and unwavering determination. For most, this simple realisation comes too late, but in my opinion, a student’s biggest sin is to not plan ahead, and utilise every opportunity that presents itself, so that they can develop and test their capabilities.

Repetition of a particular skill enables a worker to become more competent in [performance, and eliminates poor practice.

Practice can be the key to improving. In every area of education, in every sport, with every musical activity, anything that requires a good performance, those who practice tend to understand the material more. Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers states just how important this can be. Going off of the idea that “practice makes perfect”, his entire second chapter is dedicated to persuading his audience to believe 10,000 hours is what it takes to succeed. Examples Gladwell provides include how Mozart didn’t create his greatest works until later in his life after he had gained experience, how the Beatles performed in multiple practice concerts in Hamburg, Germany before becoming musical sensations, and how Bobby Fischer and chess grandmasters

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According to Dr. Rita Smilkstein’s research into learning, the Natural Human Learning Process explains how the brain develops when someone learns. The first step is motivation to learn a new skill. People get motivated when something becomes a necessity or seems fun to them. Then the second step is the beginning practice. The beginning practice is when someone uses hands on experience and uses trial and error with the skill they are motivated to learn. The third step, she calls the advanced practice stage. In this stage the learner gains control through repetition and continuing practice learning the skill. The fourth step is skillfulness. The learner becomes more successful due to practice and gets positive reinforcement from their results. The fifth step is the refinement stage. This is when the skill becomes second nature and the person can learn new methods. The sixths and final step is mastery. This is when you can teach your skill you learned to someone else

Deliberate practise focuses not only on “learning by doing” but on incorporating clear learning objectives and giving immediate and constructive feedback to the learner. It allows learners to address their weaknesses through repetitive practice. These elements are what make deliberate practise crucial in the attainment of expert

deliberately focus on developing our skills, then the results will come if we put in the time. It is really at its core, just producing a volume of work in order for us to get the failures out of the way on to extricating the gems.

Learning and studying for many months, with so days doing homework from three to eleven had made my life adapted to being busy. Now that I had more free time, I do not want to do nothing because to me that it would be a waste of time. I want to go to sleep every day knowing that I did something that day and I did not waste my time. I also felt I could become more efficient in learning because there are still many students who are smarter than me and are somehow able to pick up new material really fast. This had driven me to challenge myself more, striving to become a better

During my time at Fullerton College, I have come to realize that every student has their own unique way to achieve their goals, whether it is to cram down tons of information before the day of the exam, highlight each section in their textbook, or receive support from the tutoring center. These tips are useful to most students, but for me I have come to learn that I have the capacity to learn two ways: reading the material until I have a eureka moment, or work the problem step by step until each component makes sense to me. Unfortunately, for me to have acquired this, I had to learn from trial and error, each course I would try something new and see if I could keep applying the same method for upcoming courses. Some would work, and others would

The findings of this study could be applied to individuals who are looking to increase performance after a plateau. The second article adds that when you visualize the context of the skill with various changes you can increase performance. When applied to open skills, mental practice could possibly allow for the person to improve adaptation when various environmental uncertainties arise. The last article shows that in closed skills such as keyboard typing, mental practice can solidify the content in a way that makes the movement more effortless. I can see this idea being useful in the theatrical setting, being used by actors to practice lines or movements that they are learning for a production. All examined articles seem to come to a similar consensus, that mental practice is a viable tool used in a variety of

The STEM instructors at CCTC have numerous technologically advanced displays, such as robots and virtual welders, to recruit students and create excitement for the STEM programs. Unfortunately, once the students enroll and begin classes, the STEM instructors use lecture and standard laboratory activities that do not engage the students, which leads to a disappointing first-year experience for students (Reisel, Jablonski, Hosseini, & Munson, 2012), and as evidenced by the low retention rate (National Center for Education Statistics, 2016a), students are leaving CCTC. Thus, it is advantageous to reflect on the classroom experience in the STEM department and develop a plan of action to increase the retention rate at CCTC.

In a world where creating a mistake or not knowing the solution to an issue you are looked at as a failure and not someone who can be respected. In a society where mistakes are not accepted yet these authors portray the importance of practicing and making those mistakes. Learning how to master a specific skill like knowing how to maneuver a soccer ball, play the violin without a hiccup, and doing your job to the best of your ability takes time. With time you are capable of memorizing the skills and find what is harder for you and teaching a way to understand it for oneself. The profound authors Malcolm Gladwell, who wrote “10,000 Hours Rule”, Charles Duhigg writer of “How Habits Work”, and lastly Dan Coyle, who wrote “The Sweet Spot” all giving different perspectives on what is a possible route one could take to begin achieving mastery of a skill. Each kind of writing that is being presented by the authors use many different kinds of evidence to show the understanding of the topic of creating a habit, remembering the activities from memory, and lastly repetition and how it is engraved in the brain once it has been done many many times. Gladwell, Coyle, and Duhigg all explain how repetition is a key part of refining your skills. Humans have the ability to find something that they see as interesting and become good at it. This is only accomplished if using parts of steps from these authors experiences and studies.

The first step would be to find out how the patient learns best. Some people are good at reading and understanding material and, then, following it while others learn best by writing things down in their own handwriting, and still others, learn best by doing things to get the feel of it. Talking with the patient and asking questions can help determine how a patient learns things the best way for them.

In the book, “The Talent Code” by Daniel Coyle, he theorized that deep practice can bring you to the sweet spot, which can make learning stick. According to Mr. Coyle, “deep practice is a way of attentive practicing which closely resembles deliberate practice.” This is basically practicing when you are truly an expert in your craft. One example that Mr. Coyle used to express that idea is a boy named Brunio trying to practice a move called elastico . According to the the story, “The Talent Book” it states “The first time we watch Brunio try the move he fails, then stops and thinks…..Then something clicks, he started nailing the move.”(13) This is a perfect example of deep practice, because Brunio was practicing the move and when he fails he would stop and think of how he should perform the move.. He would keep trying until it clicked and started performing the move. This is deep practice, stopping and thinking, this is how