Question Description
- Your Class Discussion is Due Fri. 8/28 at 2 p.m. (10 Points)
- Your Reply to Two (2) Other Classmates is Due Sun. 8/30 at 2 p.m. (10 Points)
In order to increase our understanding of a text, it is often helpful to discuss main ideas, details, and connections to what we are reading with others who are also studying the material. In discussing our ideas, we often notice things we had not seen before, can look at a text in a new light, and deepen our understanding of complex material. After annotating Colvin’s “What It Takes to Be Great” and completing the 10,000-hour Rule Vs. Deliberate Practice Graphic Organizer, answer the following questions. You can type your answers directly in Canvas by hitting “reply.” Then after submitting your response, reply to two (2) classmates with a comment, question, or connection to your own experience.
- Give specific examples from Colvin to show what the 10,000-hour or ten-year rule is and explain why this is often needed to become experts in a specific field like music, sports, medicine, etc.
- Give specific examples from Colvin to show what deliberate practice is and why simply repeating the same thing for 10,000 hours is usually not enough to help us reach elite levels in a specific field.
- Give an example of a time you or someone you know started with just enjoying something as a hobby, but then took this interest to a new level by engaging in deliberate practice over an extensive period of time, around 10,000 hours or ten years, to become much better, whether this was a creative skill like playing piano, an athletic skill like playing soccer, or it could even be a work skill like client presentations, or an academic skill like solving math equations., etc. (10,000 hours can be reached much more quickly than ten years depending on the level of practice–professional athletes often work out, train, and practice with experts for 10-12 hours a day, so this level of practice would help individuals accumulate 10,000 hours in just 3-4 years).
Be sure do do the following:
- Number your responses.
- In your reply, address your classmates by name, and list your name at the end
- Try to respond to 2 classmates who do not already have responses, so that everyone receives at least one response.
Click on the link below, print the article, and annotate it in order to increase your comprehension and prepare more easily for our Class Discussion Engl 120 Article — What It Takes to Be Great by Geoffrey Colvin.docx .
