Chapter 9 - Where Do We Go From Here?

Homo exercens

meaning "practicing man," the species that takes control of its life through practice and makes of itself what it will

deliberate

==Study:==

The students in the ______ practice class got more than 2.5 times as many right answers as those in the other class

qualitative

==Study:==

Comparing physics experts with physics students, students may sometimes be almost as good as the experts at solving quantitative problems, but students are far behind the experts in their ability to solve _____ problems

improve

By modifying traditional teaching approaches to reflect the insights of deliberate practice, we might dramatically _____ the effectiveness of teaching in various field

representations

Athletes should verbally report their thinking while they are performing, which would make it possible for researchers, coaches, or perhaps even the athletes themselves to design training tasks to improve their _______ of game situations

weaker

The less accomplished athletes don’t understand how much _____ their mental representations are than those of the best in their sport

individualized

There is great potential for improvement by focusing on _____ training and the assessment of the athletes’ mental representations

do

When preparing a lesson plan, determining what a student should be able to ____ is far more effective than determining what that student should know

steps

When teaching a skill, break the lesson into a series of ______ that the student can master one at a time, building from one to the next to reach the ultimate objective

effective

In almost any area of education the most useful learning objectives will be those that help students develop _______ mental representations

skills

We should begin by identifying what students should learn how to do, and the objectives should be ______, not knowledge

feedback, representations

You should give plenty of repetition and ______; the regular cycle of try, fail, get feedback, try again, and so on is how the students will build their mental _____

increase

Redesigning teaching methods using deliberate practice could dramatically ______ how quickly and how well students learn

detailed, 1

There is tremendous value in helping children and, especially, adolescents develop _____ mental representations in at least ____ area

exploring

One benefit that a young student gets from developing mental representations is the freedom to begin ______ that skill on his or her own

own, started

Students who develop mental representations can go on to generate their _____ scientific experiments or to write their own books, in the same way as many successful scientists and authors ______ their careers at a young age

others

Having students create mental representations in one area helps them understand exactly what it takes to be successful not only in that area but in ______ as well

develop

We need to map out the various factors that make up an expert over his or her entire lifespan to provide direction for other people who want to _____ expertise

improving

We humans are most human when we’re ______ ourselves

confidence

The most important gifts we can give our children are the ______ in their ability to remake themselves again and again and the tools with which to do that job