The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance.
Ericsson, K. A., Krampe, R. T., and Tesch-Roemer, C (1993)
Psychological Review. Vol 100(3), 1993, 363-406.
- Nominator's statement
- This study was one of the first, and arguably the most influential, contributions to the expertise literature that defines and provides a detailed theoretical account of a key component of skill acquisition (deliberate practice) and assesses its contribution over the lifespan in the context of a complex and ecologically valid cognitive skill, the high-level performance of a musical instrument. The demonstration of a close relationship between achievement level and cumulated hours of deliberate practice is one of the most important and compelling contributions to the debate about the explanation of "talent" that has been published this century.
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