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高三英语培优外刊阅读

外刊精选｜熟未必能生巧？新研究挑战“一万小时理论”

著名的“一万小时定律”认为，任何人经过一万个小时的训练，都能成为某个领域的专家。然而，最近的一项针对学习小提琴的研究挑战了这一定律，认为个人习得技能的水平高低并不完全由练习时间决定。这项研究是怎么一回事？练习对于学习有多重要？

No,hardworkisnottheanswer

Practicealonedoesn’talwaysmakesomeoneanexpert,accordingtothelateststudypublishedinRoyalSocietyOpenScience.

Afterinterviewingthreegroupsof13violinistsrankedbyskilllevels,psychologistsinCaseWesternReserveUniversityfoundthatthelessaccomplishedofthempracticedabout6,000hoursonaveragebytheageof20,anumberexpectedlylessthanthatoftheirpeerscrownedasgoodandbest.Devotingequallyaround11,000hourstotraining,thosetwoelitecategoriesyetfailtojustifythelegitimacyofpracticeinmakingvirtuosos.

Overall,thenumberofhoursisresponsibleforroughlyaquarteroftheskillsdifferenceamongstthethreeranks,theresearcherssaid.

Thestudypartlyrepriseda1993studythatteasedoutthecorrelationbetweenpracticetimeandmusicalability,whichoriginallyplantedtheseedof10,000hoursrule,atermpopularizedbybestsellerauthorMalcolmGladwellinhis2008bookOutliers.

Gladwellcalled10,000hoursthe‘magicnumberofgreatness’.Suchconclusionsdownplayedthesocialobsessionwithnaturaltalentandpeggedhardworkasthemajoringredientofgenius.

“Theideahasbecomereallyentrenchedinourculture,butit’sanoversimplification,”saidBrookeMacnamara,thefirstauthoroftherecentstudy.

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