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Kluka, Darlene – Strategies, 1987
Visual skills are directly related to athletic performance. A visual skill enhancement training program consisting of twelve exercises is offered. (MT)
Descriptors: Athletes, Higher Education, Performance, Physical Education
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Pavlovski, Raymond P.; And Others – American Behavioral Scientist, 1990
Experimentally examines reorganization, a fundamental component of William T. Powers' theory of mind based on the control theory of behavior. Attempts to model reorganization, focusing on improvements in performance with practice and how practice influences attention. Speculates how outputs from higher levels of the control hierarchy are involved…
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Computer Simulation
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Eames, Kate; Loewenthal, Kate – Journal of Social Psychology, 1990
Uses handwriting samples of 12 undergraduates to explore whether teachers give higher marks to students' work in good handwriting and whether the students' gender may be surmised by their handwriting. Results show grading is not influenced by handwriting quality and finds no effect of gender attribution on grades assigned. (NL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Essays
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Miller, Leon K.; Eargle, Amy – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1990
Asked adults and children ages 7 to 15 to detect changes in an unaccompanied drumbeat. Found significant differences in performance as a function of age when drumbeats fluctuated. Found musical training more influential than age when drumbeat was constant. Discusses a multiprocess model for the perception of tempo. (NL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception