Going to a local airport and watching full scale landings is actually not a bad thing to do. Getting a ride in a light plane is even better.

Do keep in mind that your typical full scale seems to run a steaper approach than is typical for models. I'm not really sure WHY this is, but it seems to be the case. Guessing here, but I think a big part of that is the lighter wingloading of many of our models, and the extra power we have, plus the fairly high idles and the prop pitch results in models that don't bleed speed as fast as full scales.