| 144 | Tuesday, April 9, 2002 |
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| 10:00 AM-12:00 PM | San Diego Convention Center:Room 7A |
| Research Consortium |
| Motor Behavior: When Theory and Practice Collide: Motor Learning and Pedagogical Contradictions |
| Questions regarding physical education pedagogy such as practice arrangements, transfer of learning and focus of attention are contemplated by teachers daily. Recent research has investigated these concepts in order to determine what techniques are most effective when teaching sport skills. Interestingly, some of this research has begun to contradict what has been common practice. For example, it has been suggested by Graham that an 80 % proficiency rate is needed before moving onto the next skill to be taught. Recent research supports an opposing practice schedule of random variability (high contextual interference) where several skills are practiced at the same time in a nonregulated sequence. Similarly, bilateral transfer is not suggested before the skill has been learned on the preferred side. Contemporary research on bilateral transfer has found that learning and retention are enhanced by altering practice on each side of the body. Additionally, where students focus their attention is paramount for learning. When focus of attention is directed outside of ones body it is referred to as external focus. In contrast, internal focus, which is perhaps the most traditionally thought way of learning a skill, involves focusing on ones movements. Research has found that focusing internally can disrupt the execution of automated skills and have a degrading effect on the acquisition of skills. The following research studies have investigated these motor learning concepts in order to determine what is most effective when teaching students new motor skills. |
Keyword(s): curriculum development, elementary education, physical activity
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| Presider: Brian H. Jackson, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
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Effects of Three Practice Schedules on the Learning of Field Hockey Skills in Fourth and Fifth Graders
Murali Nair, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI and Linda Bunker, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
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Interaction of Contextual Interference With Different Skill Levels on Learning of Three Field Hockey Skills by Fifth Graders
Murali Nair, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI and Linda Bunker, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
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Contextual Interference Effects on Qualitative Aspects (Form) of Acquiring Three Field Hockey Skills by Fifth Graders
Murali Nair, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI and Linda Bunker, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
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Effect of Practice Sequence on The Transfer of Learning for a Novel Bilateral Lacrosse Skill
Gibson Darden, Radford University, Radford, VA |
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Practice Variability on Bilateral Transfer for a Novel Ball Bouncing Task
Matthias Weigelt, Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, Munich, Germany |
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Effect of Attentional Focus on Learning the Basic Cast for Fly Fishing
Jeff Hartman, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
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Internal Versus External Focus of Attention Effects on Accuracy and Consistency on a Shuffleboard Task
Brady Byers, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
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