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Knowledge of Results and Children's Motor Learning.

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Newell, K. M.; Kennedy, J. A. – Developmental Psychology, 1978

Two experiments examined the hypothesis that the optimum precision level of knowledge of results for motor learning varies as a direct function of age. Subjects were first, third, fifth and ninth graders. (CM)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Knowledge Level

The Effects of Verbal Reinforcement, Interest, and "Usable Performance Feedback" upon Task Performance.

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Fish, Marian C.; White, Mary Alice – Journal of Experimental Education, 1978

The influence of student task interest and of usable performance feedback on the effectiveness of verbal reinforcement was investigated in fifth graders who received approval, disapproval, or neutral reinforcement. Neither reinforcement nor reinforcement-task variable interaction provided enough motivation to improve accuracy of task performance.…

Descriptors: Feedback, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Knowledge Level