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Digging Deeper
When performing skills, we use a variety of methods, from following a procedure to retrieving an answer from memory. With increased practice, the memory component becomes dominant for routine situations. Even when we can’t get the exact solution from memory, we may find parts of the answer which we can use to solve the problem faster.
Digging deeper has two benefits:
- It can provide a strategy to obtain the correct answer when memory fails.
- It can assist in non-routine situations where no answer is known.
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Learning Math: Work Notes
- Eventually, many answers are memorized. This results in fast, reliable access and helps us perform complicated skills smoothly.
- The procedure of counting is more compact than an array of memorized facts. Thus the method is learned first, with fluently recalled answers coming only af...
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Digging Deep Vs Diving In
- Methods that directly assist with learning a domain are necessary prerequisites. Even if a brute-force approach might work, good methods are more reliable than trial-and-error.
- Routine performance is largely handled by drawing on direct experience—not working from first princ...
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The Prerequisites to Learning a Skill: Cognitive Skill Acquisition
At a basic level, we can contrast two ways of learning. One way is to memorize, by rote, the answer to every possible question in a domain. The other way is to learn a process for generating solutions in the domain.
Children seem to do exactly this when learning arithmetic. They begin with ...
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Pre-Knowledge
Say you need to learn a complicated skill: physics, French or computer programming. How much time should you spend building your background knowledge before you start practicing the actual skill?
Consider machine learning. One way to learn this field would be to master first the underlying...
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How Much Do You Need to Know Before Getting Started? - Scott H Young
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