New adaptations in skill learning were made unintentionally and required intense, carefully applied effort under favorable conditions¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr1·q2
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q2 i? Forward steps in higher-order habits were never planned but made unintentionally, and were executed marginally before learners became aware of them. → Book 1908
q2 i? Less effort was put into the work at stages where little or no progress was made than at stages of steady, rapid improvement. → Book 1908
Evidence¶
Book 1908¶
Book, William Frederick. (1908). The Role of the Teacher in the Most Expeditious and Economic Learning. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=The+Role+of+the+Teacher+in+the+Most+Expeditious+and+Economic+Learning
q2 · i? · associational · r1
Introspective and objective records from the typewriting learning study showed adaptations were "never planned but made quite unintentionally." The study further determined the pre-condition was extreme effort on a good day after old associations were revived, and that less effort accompanied plateau stages.
"It was found that the new adaptations or forward steps in the development of these higher-order habits were never planned but made quite unintentionally so far as the learners were concerned."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- In natural learning, elemental and higher-order habits develop together, so the most economic method is to practice with the highest-order habits possible — related
- Lower-order habits persist after being superseded and resist new ways of working, requiring constant effort to overcome — related
- Practice when learners were nervous or tired was worthless for strengthening associations and positively injurious, favoring wrong habits — related
- Learning-curve plateaus were caused by learners' failure to overcome specific difficulties at critical stages, not by the order in which habits developed — related
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New adaptations in skill learning were made unintentionally and required intense, carefully applied effort under favorable conditions |
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New adaptations in skill learning were made unintentionally and required intense, carefully applied effort under favorable conditions |
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1908 |
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