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Publication Date: 2011-Sep
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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.)
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Error Patterns, Learner Controlled Instruction, Self Management, Computer Uses in Education, Time Factors (Learning), Transfer of Training, Predictor Variables, Questionnaires, Drills (Practice), Psychomotor Skills, Educational Strategies, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Experiments
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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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