In the fifth chapter of Educational Psychology, a class mentioned the plateau phenomenon of skill formation.

"Plateau phenomenon" is a concept in educational psychology, which refers to a temporary pause or decline in the process of learning or skill formation. On the growth curve, it shows that it does not rise or fall at a certain level, but after breaking through the "plateau phenomenon", we can see that the curve continues to rise. There are countless examples of this "plateau phenomenon" in real life.

cause

Plateau phenomenon may be due to insufficient learning motivation, limited knowledge structure or insufficient application ability. "Plateau phenomenon" is one of the necessary stages in the learning process;

1. Beginning stage: Learners need to know new things and be familiar with new laws, so it is difficult to learn, so the speed is slow at first.

2. Rapid improvement stage: After mastering the rules of knowledge and skills or finding the "trick", learners' academic performance has been significantly improved, encouraged, interested and confident, thus making rapid progress.

3. Learning platform period: At this time, because some knowledge has been mastered, most of the rest are difficult. Due to various factors such as mental and psychological factors, the speed of learning progress suddenly slows down. Although I do exercises very hard every day, my grades have not improved much, and sometimes my grades even decline, and the whole is in a state of stagnation.

First of all, in terms of learning methods. The methods used at the beginning of the learning stage are not necessarily reasonable in the platform period, so in the platform period, learners should explore the learning methods suitable for this stage as soon as possible. In addition, learners' learning methods will gradually expose their shortcomings in the process of use.

Second, personal wishes. When learners learn to a certain extent, they will feel very tired and their learning motivation will drop a lot. At this time, learners need to persist and maintain a strong power system. When encountering difficulties, we should have the spirit of tackling difficulties, indomitable courage and tenacious willpower to overcome the "plateau phenomenon."

Third, in terms of personal knowledge. Students with weak knowledge base can easily encounter "plateau phenomenon". Students with insufficient knowledge base are "in debt" too much in their studies, so an important way to overcome the "plateau phenomenon" is to enrich their knowledge and lay a rich knowledge base.