There's No Such Thing as a Fast Learner

• Students master concepts through opportunities to practice them.

1. They start at different levels of proficiency but, when provided with high-quality practice opportunities, learn at about the same speed.
2. Yes, they will end in different places—but that’s because they have different starting lines, not because they are quicker or slower to learn.

That means the types of opportunities you get matter.

Detailed, timely feedback and hints provide favorable conditions that allow you to consistently make progress, regardless of where you began.

Don’t think you’re alone if learning feels slow and effortful.

Do try, try again. You can make as much progress as everyone else—and so can the young people in your life. Achievement gaps are the result of opportunity gaps, not individual differences in learning speed.

Some extras :

1. What Albert Einstein’s Quotes Reveal about Learning
2. An astonishing regularity in student learning rate ( Research Article )