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In the first chapter, Coyle introduces a concept he calls “deep
practice” (page 16). Coyle supported this by citing Robert Bjork, chair of
psychology at UCLA, who developed the foundation of “deep practice” - that
progress and overcoming circumstances are results of struggling to figure out
hurdles on your own despite making mistakes along the way. (page 18)
To further support his claim, Coyle shows two groups of words. Group
A has pairs of words spelled correctly while Group B has words with missing
letters. He argues that the reader is more likely to remember Group B as
struggling to complete the missing letters adds more impact to one’s memory.
This is deep practice. (page 17)
He continued by giving another illustration. Suppose you are in a
party and you forgot somebody’s name, you struggle to recall the name and try
to think deeper to remember. You would less likely to forget again as opposed
to just asking someone else to help you. (page 17)
Although these evidences are normal occurrences and are less
significant events in our lives, Coyle used them to explain his concept clearly
and practically.
Looking at all the example situations Coyle used in this chapter, I
was able to see a pattern, micro – macro - micro. I am unsure whether Coyle
intended it to be that way or it just rightly was organized into one.
How did I see that pattern? In the first few pages Coyle talks about
experiences of individuals who are nurturing their talents and developing their
skills. There was Brunio practicing his soccer moves and Jennie working on her
music notes. (page 13)
In the middle part are situations that most people have experienced
or will experience, completing missing spaces in a test and going to party and
recalling somebody’s name. (page 17)
Then between pages 20-29 he mentioned of the pilots in the US Army
Air Force and Brazil’s futsal team. Coyle described in details both the
struggles and strategies involved in the training.
Furthermore, the limitation in Coyle’s context is geological. This
book must have been intended to readers in Europe and America. I clearly
understand the argument presented but I found the evidences unrelatable since I
am Southeast Asian and soccer and futsal are not something we are drawn of same
goes with the US Army Air Force.
Personally, the concept of deep practice is not a new knowledge but
I merely refer to it as persistence. We persist on doing something until we
figure it out and succeed.
All in all, Coyle thoroughly supported his idea of “deep concept” and was able to present evidences clearly.
💬This is my output for my Academic Writing class in Coursera. Feel free to comment!
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