KIN 251 final 4 - practice schedules

msu

Massed practice

• Amount of rest between practice trials is relatively short

• Amount of rest between trials is often less than the time for a trial

Distributed practice

• Practice schedule in which the duration of rest between practice trials is relatively long

• Time in practice is often less than the time at rest

T/F - ‘Cramming’ all your practice on the night before the event is an example of massed practice,

True

T/F - Distributed practice is generally better for learning than massed.

True

Learning is better when there is ______.

active memory retrieval

T/F - Distributed practice is more effective for learning because it encourages active retrieval from memory.

True

Variable Practice is best for unpredictable environments like…

tennis

Wide range of conditions during training helps us ____ our learning to other contexts

generalize

T/F - Constant practice allows learners to extract the ‘rules’ of how to perform the movement.

False

Blocked Practice

Is a schedule in which many trials on a single task are practiced consecutively; there is low contextual interference.

Random Practice

Is a schedule in which practice trials on several different tasks are mixed, or interleaved, across the practice period; there is high contextual interference.

Random practice results in lower _____ but better ____.

performance; learning

Why is Random Practice so effective?

• forces participants to “retrieve” memory for movement after every trial / performance suffers, but “learning” is improved

• points to need for “processing information”, not simply “mindless practice”

• similar concepts in augmented feedback lecture / reducing “guidance”

Random or Variable: The order of different types of the movement patterns.

random practice

Random or Variable: The variation of the same movement patterns.

variable practice

T/F - Practicing four different swim strokes (freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke, back stroke) in a random sequence is an example of variable practice.

True

T/F- ‘Desirable’ difficulties indicates that practice should be made extremely difficult to facilitate learning.

False