NancyLebovitz comments on The Power of Reinforcement - Less Wrong

96 Post author: lukeprog 21 June 2012 01:42PM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 22 June 2012 03:12:39AM 2 points [-]

"I already know I'm doing it wrong! I just can't get my body to listen to my brain!

Any advice on getting one's body or one's student's body to be more cooperative?

Comment author: Swimmer963 22 June 2012 12:31:34PM 2 points [-]

Break complex movements down into lots of simple movements ("drills") and practice them individually, a lot...then string together the first two simple movements and practice that sequence a lot...then the first three in sequence...etc. Also, don't start by teaching/trying to learn the full complex movement in the first place–always start with the simplest possible subset, master that, and then worry about the next step.

Comment author: handoflixue 22 June 2012 07:13:00PM 1 point [-]

Very much second this. The most useful thing I've learned about learning, is how to break down a complex action in to multiple simpler ones that I can drill independent of each other.