Glossary term
What is Deliberate practice?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Deliberate practice" means: Practice designed to improve a skill, with a clear goal, quick feedback and a task at the edge of your ability. It is taught in Learn Faster and Get More Done. Related terms include Self-explanation, Switch cost, Blocked practice and Attention residue. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Deliberate practice?
Practice designed to improve a skill, with a clear goal, quick feedback and a task at the edge of your ability.
Where is Deliberate practice taught?
Deliberate practice is defined in Learn Faster and Get More Done.
Which lessons cover Deliberate practice?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Learn Faster and Get More Done, lesson 4.2: Practise a Skill, Not Just Facts
Which terms are related to Deliberate practice?
Next to Deliberate practice in the course glossaries: Self-explanation, Switch cost, Blocked practice, Attention residue, Interleaved practice, Focus block, Leitner box system and Parking list.
Self-explanationSwitch costBlocked practiceAttention residueInterleaved practiceFocus blockLeitner box systemParking list
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Deliberate practice?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Learn Faster and Get More Done: None. You need one skill you want to learn and some time each week to practise it.