Accelerated Expertise
by Robert R. Hoffman, Paul Ward, Paul J. Feltovich, Lia DiBello, Stephen M. Fiore · first published 2013
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I just read that review of Accelerated Expertise. I didn't know which link to click in all of this comment thread so I just picked that one at random, and -- wow -- that was one of the most interesting things I've read in a while. Thanks for posting!
on “The Problems with Deliberate Practice (2020)” ↗I think Accelerated Expertise comes to the same conclusion and references the studies to back it up. It's a good book!
on “Increasing Retention Without Increasing Study Time [pdf]” ↗…leg-lock system) - How do you develop training without pedagogical development. And for that I recommend my tacit knowledge series (https://commoncog.com/blog/the-tacit-knowledge-series/) and my summary of Accelerated Expertise (https://commoncog.com/blog/accelerated-expertise/)
on “The Problems with Deliberate Practice (2020)” ↗…research, is to extract mental models of expertise from the heads of domain experts, and then turn those into training programs. This is a far more tractable training approach. See: https://commoncog.com/blog/accelerated-expertise/ for a summary (note: Paul Feltovich is one of the founders of the field of expertise research, and a contemporary of Ericsson; he's one of the authors of the book). For a full survey of the approach,…
on “The Problems with Deliberate Practice (2020)” ↗> Hoffman, Ward, Feltovich, et al. 2013 For those who wondered: Accelerated Expertise: Training for High Proficiency in a Complex World https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17399473-accelerated-exp...
on “Repeat Yourself, a Lot” ↗…it I got the distinct impression that the authors did not understand a great deal of the research they cited, either when supporting or dismissing it. is remarkable, given that one of the authors of Accelerated Expertise is Paul J Feltovich, one of the founders of the field of expertise research, and a contemporary of Ericsson’s.
on “Tacit knowledge is more important than deliberate practice” ↗As someone who's studied this field extensively and applied it professionally, I'll go ahead and say I wouldn't recommend Accelerated Expertise to anyone. Reading it I got the distinct impression that the authors did not understand a great deal of the research they cited, either when supporting or dismissing it. Some good criticism of the book…
on “Tacit knowledge is more important than deliberate practice” ↗Do you think I get an incomplete picture by reading Accelerated Expertise (the actual book, not just the summary) before the Tacit Knowledge series? I like reading books more than blog posts.
on “The Problems with Deliberate Practice (2020)” ↗…the contrary, actually — I’ve read all the above sources. On top of that, with the exception of Chambliss (which is a landmark work, to be clear), and Dreyfus (which I prefer to look at adaptations of; Accelerated Expertise has several updated or derivative scales that expertise researchers in the military use), I’ve talked to collaborators of these researchers, and in the case of Klein, am actively in contact with and am…
on “Ability to see expertise is a milestone worth aiming for” ↗