Reading Assignments: Sample

TALENT CODE:  Introduction

Chapter Summary:

For each chapter you read, you are to write at least one paragraph (in your own words) that summarizes what this chapter was about. 

Talent hotbeds spring up in unexpected places.  This is a phenomenon that has been occurring for centuries.  In practice it is critical to have an internal blueprint (or model) that you are constantly comparing yourself to.  Highly-targeted error-focused practice is critical to learning.  Targeted practice builds skill.  Not all forms of practice build skill.  Just playing through something is useless.  Myelin wraps around nerve fibers in the brain making the signal stronger, faster, and more accurate, which is the same thing as skill. 

Key Concepts:

For each chapter you read, you are to write one or two sentences that explain the most important ideas in this chapter.

The more time and energy you put into the RIGHT kind of practice, the more skill you get.

Key Terms:

For each chapter you read, you are to make a list of key terms discussed in the chapter.  Some chapters will have many terms, others not so many.  Before the exams you will be required to provide definitions for all of your key terms.

Myelin
Targeted Practice

Making Connections:

For each chapter read, you are to write at least one or two sentences that describe how you are going to use this information in your own practice and/or in your own teaching of others.

Students need to be instructed in HOW to practice and not just WHAT and HOW MUCH to practice.
I need to make sure that I end each lesson with specific instructions on the HOWS of practice.

I need to read this book again very carefully so that I can really understand how to teach error-focused practice.