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ERIC Number: EJ967145
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Sep
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0270-1367
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Allowing Learners to Choose: Self-Controlled Practice Schedules for Learning Multiple Movement Patterns
Wu, Will F. W.; Magill, Richard A.
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, v82 n3 p449-457 Sep 2011
For this study, we investigated the effects of self-controlled practice on learning multiple motor skills. Thirty participants were randomly assigned to self-control or yoked conditions. Participants learned a three-keystroke pattern with three different relative time structures. Those in the self-control group chose one of three relative time structures before each of 90 practice trials; yoked participants were not allowed to choose but were yoked to a self-control participant and followed that individual's sequence of practice trials. Results of the 24-hr serial transfer test revealed the self-control group exhibited significantly lower relative timing error, absolute error, and total error than the yoked group. Findings further support the efficacy of self-controlled learning. (Contains 3 figures and 2 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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