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The role of deliberate practice in expert performance: revisiting Ericsson, Krampe & Tesch-Römer (1993)
Macnamara B.N., Maitra M.
Royal Society Open Science · 2019
External published research · Published literature
Research type
Systematic review / meta-analysis
Discipline
Learning Sciences
Level of evidence
Meta-analysis / reanalysis
DOI
10.1098/rsos.190327
Topics
Expert Performance
What the study reports
A reanalysis of the deliberate-practice account of expert performance, reporting that accumulated practice explains substantially less variance in expertise than originally claimed.
The PROMACHOS reading
Practice is necessary and insufficient. Quality of instruction, task design and individual difference matter, which raises rather than lowers the responsibility of the instructor.
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