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I have just finished reading a famous paper by Ericsson, Krample, and Tesch-Romer called “The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance” (1993, Psychological Review). The paper’s key claim is that performance—be it in chess, or swimming, or violin—is a monotonic function of accumulated deliberate practice. More deliberate practice equals better performance. So what is “deliberate” practice, and how is it different from the regular kind? So there should be an “active search for methods to improve performance,” immediate informative feedback, structure, supervision from an expert, and “close attention to every detail of performance ‘each one done correctly, time and again, until excellence in every detail becomes a firmly ingrained habit.'” Deliberate practice is demanding and can be quickly exhausting. It’s usually not enjoyable in its own right. Here’s an example from chess: Now that youngsters have access to cheap and super-powerful chess software, in which

The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance << the jsomers.net blog the jsomers.net blog. About Subscribe Read More Contact me The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance by James Somers , February 9, 2010 I have just finished reading a famous paper by Ericsson, Krample, and Tesch-Romer called "The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance" (1993, Psychological Review). The paper's key claim is that performance—be it in chess, or swimming, or violin—is a monotonic function of accumulated deliberate practice. M

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