The role of deliberate practice in expert performance: revisiting Ericsson, Krampe & Tesch-Romer (1993).

ABSTRACT: We sought to replicate Ericsson, Krampe & Tesch-Römer's (Ericsson, Krampe & Tesch-Römer 1993 Psychol. Rev. 100, 363-406) seminal study on deliberate practice. Ericsson et al. found that differences in retrospective estimates of accumulated amounts of deliberate practice corresponded to each skill level of student violinists. They concluded, 'individual differences in ultimate performance can largely be accounted for by differential amounts of past and current levels of practice' (p. 392). We reproduced the methodology with notable exceptions, namely (i) employing a double-blind procedure, (ii) conducting analyses better suited to the study design, and (iii) testing previously unanswered questions about teacher-designed practice-that is, we examined the way Ericsson

SUBMITTER: Macnamara BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731745 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature