DOES PRACTICE MAKE PERFECT?

The Power of Practice

What Is Practice?

Practice and the Brain

How Much Practice Do Your Learners Need?

How Should Practice Be Spaced?

How Should Practice Be Sequenced?

Comparison Practice Exercises

The Power of Feedback

 

CHAPTER 10

Does Practice Make Perfect?

“One way of looking at this might be that, for 42 years, I’ve been making small regular deposits in this bank of experience: education and training. And on January 15, the balance was sufficient so that I could make a very large withdrawal.”

—Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, Pilot of US Air 1549, “The Miracle of the Hudson”

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