Post by shadowfox on Nov 4, 2011 21:01:07 GMT
The Three Stages of Learning
In performing an exercise, we tend to experience three distinct phases
of learning:
1. Initially, the novelty of the exercise gives rise to the feeling that
you are progressing very quickly, and reaping the benefits of the
new exercise.
2. As time passes, however, this initial enthusiasm is replaced by a
‘dry’phase during which it seems that you are not gettinganywhere. It is at this point that it many people give up on what
they are doing. The only thing to do is to grit your teeth and hang
on in there.
3. If this ‘hump’ can be struggled through, then you will be rewarded
by seeing just how far you have progressed, and will be able to
feel the full benefits of what you have been doing.
It is definitely a struggle to get over the ‘hump’ of the second
phase, but if you are at least aware of what is happening, then it
helps you not to give up at the first signs of inertia
In performing an exercise, we tend to experience three distinct phases
of learning:
1. Initially, the novelty of the exercise gives rise to the feeling that
you are progressing very quickly, and reaping the benefits of the
new exercise.
2. As time passes, however, this initial enthusiasm is replaced by a
‘dry’phase during which it seems that you are not gettinganywhere. It is at this point that it many people give up on what
they are doing. The only thing to do is to grit your teeth and hang
on in there.
3. If this ‘hump’ can be struggled through, then you will be rewarded
by seeing just how far you have progressed, and will be able to
feel the full benefits of what you have been doing.
It is definitely a struggle to get over the ‘hump’ of the second
phase, but if you are at least aware of what is happening, then it
helps you not to give up at the first signs of inertia
