Chapter 11

Does Practice Make Perfect?

The Power of Practice

What Is Practice?

Recall vs. Application Practice

Recall vs. Application 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

Applying Practice to Your Training

 

“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” SullenbergerPilot of US Airways Flight 1549 “Miracle on the Hudson”

Do you recall what occurred on that day, January 15, 2009? ...

Get Evidence-Based Training Methods now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.