I have read a number of Ericsson’s papers, and most of the Cambridge Handbook (you may remember that it was my pirated edition that LWers used for a while); where do they say an equal number of hours of indiscriminate practice is best for beginners as compared to the equivalent effort devoted differently?
Certainly I agree that beginners benefit most from lots of time spent practicing (total time practicing was a powerful predictor in the studies), but the anecdote in OP was not about two groups of students, one who studied 1 hour a week and the other studied 1 hour a day...
I have read a number of Ericsson’s papers, and most of the Cambridge Handbook; where do they say an equal number of hours of indiscriminate practice is best for beginners as compared to the equivalent effort devoted differently?
I am not, nor have I ever advocated indiscriminate practice as a preferred form of training.
Certainly I agree that beginners benefit most from lots of time spent practicing (total time practicing was a powerful predictor in the studies), but the anecdote in OP was not about two groups of students, one who studied 1 hour a week and the other studied 1 hour a day...
This isn’t about time spent. This is about what goal the participants have while doing the activity, with all else being equal. ‘Quality’ is, empirically, a terrible goal for beginners to be given.
I am not, nor have I ever, advocated indiscriminate practice as a preferred form of training.
How does the OP’s claim that the pottery students were better off producing as much as possible by weight not constitute advocacy of indiscriminate practice?
‘Quality’ is, empirically, a terrible goal for beginners to be given.
I have read a number of Ericsson’s papers, and most of the Cambridge Handbook (you may remember that it was my pirated edition that LWers used for a while); where do they say an equal number of hours of indiscriminate practice is best for beginners as compared to the equivalent effort devoted differently?
Certainly I agree that beginners benefit most from lots of time spent practicing (total time practicing was a powerful predictor in the studies), but the anecdote in OP was not about two groups of students, one who studied 1 hour a week and the other studied 1 hour a day...
I am not, nor have I ever advocated indiscriminate practice as a preferred form of training.
This isn’t about time spent. This is about what goal the participants have while doing the activity, with all else being equal. ‘Quality’ is, empirically, a terrible goal for beginners to be given.
How does the OP’s claim that the pottery students were better off producing as much as possible by weight not constitute advocacy of indiscriminate practice?
Are you going to provide any cites?