Skip to main content

Home/ Student QOL/ Group items tagged metacognition

Rss Feed Group items tagged

John Burk

A Word to the Resourceful - 1 views

  • Like real world resourcefulness, conversational resourcefulness often means doing things you don't want to. Chasing down all the implications of what's said to you can sometimes lead to uncomfortable conclusions. The best word to describe the failure to do so is probably "denial," though that seems a bit too narrow. A better way to describe the situation would be to say that the unsuccessful founders had the sort of conservatism that comes from weakness. They traversed idea space as gingerly as a very old person traverses the physical world. [1]The unsuccessful founders weren't stupid. Intellectually they were as capable as the successful founders of following all the implications of what one said to them. They just weren't eager to.
  •  
    Be resourceful-this seems like another key part of a metacognition curriculum. How do we teach this to students.  very interesting post from startup god Paul Graham
John Burk

The Focused Sprint Approach: Rapid Skill Acquisition for Breaking Through Plateaus | Ex... - 0 views

  • First, you have to admit that whatever you’re currently doing isn’t working.
  • Next, you need shake up your learning methods.
  • Now, here’s where the sprint part comes in. Commit to putting in at least 2x to 3x the effort you’ve been putting in for a focused period of time.
  • ...2 more annotations...
  • By the end of the two weeks you will have busted through your plateau and rekindled your love of the sport
  • In either case, when your target skills don’t increase in any appreciable way for a significant period of time, you run the risk of never reaching your desired level of expertise. Or worse, you might give up altogether.
John Burk

Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Perfectionism as Practice: Steve Jobs and the Ar... - 0 views

  • The important part of my process — the part that separates this obsessiveness with the pathological variety — is that when my interval is done, I stop. Inevitably, I’m still well short of an ideal output, but what matters to me is not this specific outcome, but instead the striving for perfection and the deliberate practice this generates. In other words, I want to keep getting better, not necessarily make this particular project the best thing ever.
  •  
    great article on turning perfectionism into a useful tool to get better, and avoid workoholism. Controlled perfectionism
John Burk

Don't Know How? Well, Find Someone Who Does - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  •  
    Great story of  a student charting her own path and finding experts to help her. .
John Burk

Guitar Zero: A Neuroscientist Debunks the Myth of "Music Instinct" | Brain Pickings - 0 views

  • If critical periods aren’t quite so firm as people once believed, a world of possibility emerges for the many adults who harbor secret dreams — whether to learn a language, to become a pastry chef, or to pilot a small plane. And quests like these, no matter how quixotic they may seem, and whether they succeed in the end or not, could bring unanticipated benefits, not just for their ultimate goals but of the journey itself. Exercising our brains helps maintain them, by preserving plasticity (the capacity of the nervous system to learn new thing), warding off degeneration, and literally keeping the blood flowing. Beyond the potential benefits for our brains, there are benefits for our emotional well-being, too. There may be no better way to achieve lasting happiness — as opposed to mere fleeting pleasure — than pursuing a goal that helps us broaden our horizons.”
John Burk

Annie Murphy Paul: The Myth of 'Practice Makes Perfect' | TIME Ideas | TIME.com - 0 views

  • Studies show that practice aimed at remedying weaknesses is a better predictor of expertise than raw number of hours; playing for fun and repeating what you already know is not necessarily the same as efficiently reaching a new level.
  • “Deliberate practice,” Ericsson declares sternly, “requires effort and is not inherently enjoyable.”
  • “the most notable differences between the practice sessions of the top-ranked pianists and the remaining participants,” Duke and his coauthors wrote, “are related to their handling of errors.”
John Burk

Learning about learning from soccer « Granted, but… - 0 views

  •  
    great article for students to read
John Burk

Is High Ability Necessary for Greatness? | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network - 2 views

  •  
    fascinating detailed analysis of the question of whether or not high ability is necessary to achieve greatness. Answer: it's not. 
  •  
    Thanks for sharing this. I enjoyed the post and learned a great deal about factors impacting achievement in life. It confirms my subjective view that working hard is important. It isn't all about native talents that reside in working memory.
John Burk

Freakonomics » The Science of Genius: A Q&A With Author David Shenk - 0 views

  •  
    interesting summary of Shenk's work
John Burk

How To Bounce Back From A Big Mistake :: Tips :: The 99 Percent - 0 views

  •  
    awesome advice about making mistakes and learning from them 
1 - 13 of 13
Showing 20 items per page