Control in terms of challenge level and skill level. Clickable.^[1]

Overlearning is a pedagogical concept according to which newly acquired skills should be practiced well beyond the point of initial mastery, leading to automaticity. Once one has overlearned a task, one's skill level is higher than the challenge level for that task (see Control region in the graph).^[1]

The Yerkes–Dodson law predicts that overlearning can improve performance in states of high arousal.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Csikszentmihalyi, M., Finding Flow, 1997
2. ^ Long, Martyn (2000). The Psychology of Education. Routledge. ISBN 0415239060. 

[edit] See also

• Educational technology

[edit] External links

• Overlearning at the Encyclopedia of Educational Technology

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