Adams has a point about using pool in schools to teach the correlation between effort and effectiveness.
His experiment might have interesting side effects. Number of hours spent practicing isn't the only variable that affects skill - it matters what type of practice you do. The kids who practice deeply and push themselves to the limit of their abilities will see much greater return on their investment of time. The kids who just mess around won't get that much better.
It would be interesting to see the look on the kid's face who spent 100 hours practicing over the course of a year, after he gets beaten by the kid who spent 50 hours practicing. I wonder if he'd understand the concept of "intentional practice", or if he'd just be humiliated.
Just another example of how easy it is to measure the wrong thing.
His experiment might have interesting side effects. Number of hours spent practicing isn't the only variable that affects skill - it matters what type of practice you do. The kids who practice deeply and push themselves to the limit of their abilities will see much greater return on their investment of time. The kids who just mess around won't get that much better.
It would be interesting to see the look on the kid's face who spent 100 hours practicing over the course of a year, after he gets beaten by the kid who spent 50 hours practicing. I wonder if he'd understand the concept of "intentional practice", or if he'd just be humiliated.
Just another example of how easy it is to measure the wrong thing.