Three stages of skill acquisition, the scaffolding

The Three Stages of Skill Acquisition and the Importance of Scaffolding

• Acquiring any skill is a complex endeavor that requires not just knowledge of what to do, but also a dedicated space and structure.
  • Space refers to significant time allocated for practice.
    • The one must remember that time is not found, but made by cutting all low-value activities.
    • According to Kaufman, you only need to make twenty hours accessible.
    • And don’t stop until you’ve reached the mark of twenty hours.
      • And then move to another skill.
  • Structure involves focused concentration in creative work.
  • An often overlooked element is flexibility—the ability to determine one’s own standards of success.
• In academic circles, the belief in a three-stage model of skill acquisition prevails.
  • This model applies to both mental and physical skills.
  • The first stage is cognitive, where we understand what we are trying to achieve.
    • We conduct research.
    • Think through the process.
    • And break down the skill into incremental parts that are easier to manage.
      • This approach was successfully utilized with the tenth group in logic classes.
  • The second stage is associative, directly connected to the activity itself. We practice the task.
    • During practice, it’s important to recognize environmental feedback, as with reinforced learning.
    • Adjust our approach with each iteration.
  • The final stage is autonomous, where we perform effectively without external support and without conscious thought, but still with a degree of attention—usually sufficient and not as extensive as required in the second stage.
• In the end, the skill becomes a meaningful action in itself, has found a place in the existing system and a perpetrator knows the role it plays in the whole.
  • The action possesses the primary and secondary qualities.

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Source:: Friend:: Child:: Scaffolding of Piotr Galperin and Zone of proximal development of Vygotsky Next:: Skill acquisition sometimes requires experimentation

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